“…Many experts note that in the current reality, modern neo-colonialism has not only not been eradicated but, regretfully, has begun to actively expand and take on various new forms. In the 21st century, most NATO countries have intensified their efforts to strengthen control over developing countries, including through the establishment of dependence, subordination, or financial obligations to the neo-colonialist countries.
The main purpose of this control is to exert political influence on the leadership of developing countries for the sake of enriching the U.S. and EU countries at the expense of underdeveloped countries, including through the extraction of minerals on preferential terms (oil, gas, rare-earth metals, precious stones), as well as creating barriers (economic, political, financial) that hinder the development of the economies of Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. It is beneficial for the countries of the Global North that the countries of the Global South remain sources of cheap labor and raw materials, while having limited access to new technologies for the development of their own economies.
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Surprisingly, in addition to Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, the neo-colonial aspirations of the United States have spread to European countries, including Ukraine.
With Trump’s arrival in power, the U.S. administration pushed through arms supplies to Ukraine at the expense of European Union taxpayers. Now it is EU citizens who are paying for the expansion of capacity and the superprofits of American arms and military equipment manufacturers.
At the same time, in European countries themselves, starting in 2025, there have been significant negative trends in the reduction of spending on social services and support for the population, as well as an increase in household spending on electricity and heating…”