AP World History · Continuity and change
Sukarno's warning that colonialism could persist through economic control most directly anticipated later debates about which issue?
Sukarno at the Asian-African Conference, Bandung, 1955
Opening the Bandung Conference in 1955, Indonesian president Sukarno argued that colonialism had not disappeared with the end of formal imperial rule. He warned that control could persist through economic and intellectual dependence as well as direct political domination. He called for cooperation among Asian and African states while emphasizing sovereignty, peace, and opposition to colonialism.
Adapted from President Sukarno, opening address to the Asian-African Conference, Bandung, Indonesia, April 18, 1955.
Sukarno's warning that colonialism could persist through economic control most directly anticipated later debates about which issue?
Answer and explanation
Answer: D: Neocolonialism and continuing economic dependence after political independence
Sukarno warned that colonialism could persist through economic and intellectual dependence even after formal rule ended. That distinction between political independence and continuing outside influence anticipated later debates about neocolonialism and economic dependence, so D is correct. Choice A is tempting because empire's end changed trade, but trade expanded rather than disappeared. Choice B claims postcolonial states abolished international financial institutions, which they did not. Choice C suggests hereditary monarchy revived, a form of control Sukarno never describes.
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