In the last two sections then, we will simply think about some themes that seem to be important. The spread of modern techniques of industry and statecraft have allowed many of the previously dominated areas of the world to reestablish some control over their own destinies. The strength of American and European economies enabled the continuation of less open imperialism. Although modern international politics is very much the domain of the superpowers, it is often displaced to Third World conflicts. Many of these hang over from the old European empires.
Economic power continues.
C. Many of these old colonial conflicts have been brought into superpower Cold War rivalry. The European powers did not want to lose their empires. Churchill in particular was opposed to the loss of the British Empire. B. Roosevelt wanted the old European empires to end. The United Nations specifically called for an end to colonization.