> >(Question: What are the most recent successful colonial projects along
> > the non-Arctic coasts of Eurasia?)
> >
> >There were Germanic and Latin Conquests over Celts in the European
> > peninsula. There is also the ongoin Russian colonization of far
> > north-eastern Eurasia.
>
> How do you define successful - invade, occupy, resettle with your own
> people and use force to quell the nationalist movements among indigenous
> people? Indonesia has done a pretty good job here. Five years ago it
> would have been called an unqualified success, and it is certainly more
> recent than the above examples (given that the Russians started their
> project in the century before last, however ongoing it may be). The US
> has a number of colonies in SE Asia (albeit very small ones), and
> Northern Ireland could be counted in many ways, as could Hong Kong until
> a few years ago. Interestingly - these are all islands rather than
> mainland Eurasia.
I forgot about the dramatic success of the Javanese.
I meant colonization, not merely occupation, or even surzeinity per the
Moguls in India.
The model is the Americas, Australia and New Zealand, Russian Siberia.
Come to think of it even South Africa was a partial success.
So African cases are pretty rare. There must be something easier about
colonial projects on islands.
