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I. INTRODUCTION

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term colonialism refers

to the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another

country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically. Colonialism

has been a key component in establishing a strong and formidable empire during

the early 15thCentury where the term world only referred to civilized nations in

the European continent. As history dictates us, the commencement of Modern

colonialism had started with the domination race between the mentioned

prevalent European empires. The importance of colonial expansion at this early

stage could be manifested by the Popes intervention through the issuance of the

Papal bull entitled Inter caetera and the issuance of the Treaty of Tordesillaswhich divides the world into two and gives all colonial rights to Spain west of the

line while Portugal has been vested the rights to colonization in all areas east of

the demarcation line. And we all could recall, this empire expansion had lead to

the Spanish colonization of the Philippine Archipelago. Indeed the Age of

Discovery had paved way for the expansion of other European empires such as

the Germans, Russians, Dutch, and the British Empires and even empires

outside of the European Continent which includes the American and Japanese

Empires.

Primarily, the main purpose of early colonization is mainly for discovery of

new parcel of lands outside the known world. For people in the known world to

find out what lies outside their comfort zone. On the other hand, colonization

processes that had occurred before or during World War II primarily intends to

set up tactical bases in the most strategic places to assure military supremacy

and domination. Only a couple of empires have exercised colonialism with the

primary purpose of economic abundance and to secure important raw materials

that is essential for the further growth of their empires industrialization and

development.

Yes, the physical concept of the colonialism ideology has long been

eradicated from society with the sudden rise of Neocolonialism which some

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scholars refer to as indirect colonialism with emphasis only on economic

affiliations. In this paper, I will try to discuss the possibility of the revivification of

the colonialism ideology in the modern era. With the rapid depletion of some vital

resources in the highly developed and powerful nations of the planet, it is could

be considered that the return of such ideology and practice is inevitable and

could already be seen at present. Specifically, I would like to foresee the rebirth

of colonialism with primary emphasis towards Exploitation Colonialism which

throws out of the window other types of colonialism and such as surrogate,

shelter, and plantation, and primarily focuses on the exploitation of the raw

materials and resources of a colony for the direct benefit of the colony or the

empire.

As we go through with this hypothesis, we would enumerate the different

powerful nations of todays free world that are viable to engage yet again in this

process. We would also enumerate the viable nations that will be most

vulnerable once powerful nations have started to invade other countries and

forcibly take possession of important raw materials for their own benefit. Most

importantly, we would be able to discuss the possible means for a colonizer to be

successful enough in colonizing a nation and how these countries could in effect,

defend their homeland from invasion. And finally, the positive and negative

effects that this ideological resurrection would bring once it have been fully

realized.

PENEYRA, VINCENT G.