Why Nations Fade Away

It takes a long time for different groups living in a specific area with common goals and interests to become nations. When a country emerges on the world map, it is a surprising change for nations worldwide, as the emergence of a nation will reflect other nations’ policies. There will be an addition to their foreign policy, trade, and other important foreign affairs.

So, the emergence of a nation is an exciting and appealing incident that usually takes years to complete.

Usually, the nations that have undergone a struggling period or have spent a period under another nation’s custody have a resistive attitude or behavior. They don’t accept things against their interest or will and will react to their best to attain results according to their demands.

There is another type of nation belonging to a region that was discovered and never felt the pain of oppression. Such countries are usually developed countries of today’s world. If they face a sudden pressing force, they will also adopt a resistive policy until results appear according to their priorities.

The ruling nations-the nations with an urge to rule over other nations usually use different techniques to overcome nations with different oppression handling methodologies. This technique leads them to study the regional history, customs, traditions, priorities, moral values, and what these nations lack. Learning these things will give an understanding of their target nation’s weaknesses and struggles.

Prior Observation is a very dominating and excellent technique used by the British to establish their control over other countries. It is evident that when in the early 19’s British decided to rule Africa and Asia, they sent their observers there. They observed all the strengths and weaknesses of African and Asian nations.

So, overall, it was a way to develop the technique to occupy such nations. History shows that Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and many other African states remained under British control. The South Eastern part of Asia, Pakistan ,and India, was under British rule.

It is a British technique first to start trade with a nation they want to rule as they did in South East Asia. They began to trade with the Mughals and established trade centers on all the borders of the subcontinent, which further on became the East India Company and later on were under direct Crown control.

For Africa, the British used their allies, and with their help, they established a colonial system in Africa, after the British and French war for controlling The Cape, The Boers (the decedents of Dutch-speaking Free Burghers) allied with the British as they had control over The Cape of Hope.

So, there were significant reasons behind the British invasion of Africa, and one of the most important was to have control of the river Nile. Similarly, the British invasion of South East Asia was due to the importance of united Indian crops like cotton and indigo.

The reasons for downfall are not the strengths of a ruling nation but these are weaknesses or negligence of oppressed nations. These include:

  • The Poor National Security of a nation allows other nations to rule or control them. For example, there were many natural resources in Africa, like gold and ivory, which were not utilized by the African nations to their best. This improper utilization led to a foreign invasion. This invasion used not only African natural resources but also used African labour to fuel up their economies.
  • The Communication Gap between the rulers and the public. Young minds have fewer opportunities to express their ideas and work for their society. Like in Africa, through opportunities, the British rulers invested in making people against their own country. The British government explained to the Africans that their country would not provide them with the opportunities to utilize their resources for the progress of local people. This urged a rebellion movement against their state, and there was chaos in the whole country, which allowed the British to develop their control over various states of Africa.
  • The Sense of No Fear of anyone is one of the primary reasons for the downfall of nations. When the British asked Mughal emperors for a trade center, they allowed them and afterward kept no checks, leading to a complete historical downfall of a ruling nation.
  • The Sense of Unacceptability for others’ cultures also leads to destroying a nation. For example, in South East India, Muslims, and Hindus have lived there for centuries. However, due to the unacceptability of each other’s customs and traditions, there was a sense of confusion; no one could live under each other’s governance. This chaos opened opportunities for foreign nations to invade and rule over Muslims and Hindus.
  • The Economical Crisis is the central issue that leads to downfall. Wealth is not adequately distributed when a nation is economically unstable for many reasons like corruption, fraud, etc. When such economically disturbed nations ask for foreign help, they are subjected to their control. For example, presently, many countries of the world with economic instability ask for loans from IMF and other foreign bodies with such services, which in return restrict such nations from doing many beneficial things for their people, which results in disastrous results. It is natural that if you are going to control any nation after providing them with loans and other needs, the oppressed nation will react. This reaction is tough to handle, leading to a disturbance in the country, including strikes and other damages to national property.

So, this was an overall discussion to highlight the important reasons with some examples from history to understand the internal and external reasons behind the downfall of a nation.