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‘One of the last strongholds of oil imperialism and European colonialism, it (Middle East) cultivates a fiery nationalism as a weapon against foreign oppression.’ Comment in about 200 words.

  • UPSC 1987
  • Liberation from Colonial Rule

The statement captures the Middle East as a region where colonial control persisted longest and where nationalism grew primarily as a defensive reaction to it, not as an autonomous ideological import.

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