nostr:npub106n0pzzm6jk9mfh3xvlhh53qn7kjz8ja4f8h8r3n6ap706wvtahqltvfwa i think it's worth looking at China's experience in Africa here. A lack of experience with proper colonialism has been very expensive for powers that weren't traditionally colonial (Russia's conquest of Siberia notwithstanding.)

It's not a simply change of flags on the board. There are countries and companies with mineral leases and investments that are quite capable of backing the opposition in severe ways.