How Modern Imperialism Is Sophisticated and Hidden By Jonathan Zadikany Listen to article The international genocide and mass theft that the Europeans in America and Europe used to do through colonialism and imperialism is now carried out through the establishment of military colonies/bases throughout the world that sow terror among foreign leaders, who then allow Western corporations control over their natural resources. In Africa and the Middle East these bases are set up under the pretext of the "War on Terror". In Asia, American military bases that were set up after the American conquest of Japan and South Korea help the West sow fear among Asian leaders, which is how the United States extorts trillions of dollars in "loans" from China and Japan, and how the U.S. upholds unjust "trade deals"; these bases also allow American corporations the ability to exploit Asian factory laborers.