What do we mean by 'decolonizing'?
to free (a people or area) from colonial status : to relinquish control of (a subjugated people or area)Decolonize Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Decolonization | Definition, Examples, & Facts | Britannica
The first definition is very wide, the second very specific.
And starting with the second, we can look at all sorts of examples:
In the two hundred years following the American Revolutionary War in 1783, 165 colonies have gained independence from Western imperial powers.[25]It has got much more complicated lately - especially when we consider the general definition - to relinquish control of (a subjugated people or area)
Britain:
There have been academic studies:
Decolonizing Britain: An Exchange | Modern British History | Oxford Academic
On the right, it's about freeing the UK from American control:
How to decolonise Britain - UnHerd
On the left it's about statues:
Jay Doubleyou: all statues are political
And it's everywhere:
Britain has always been an imperial state, not a national one.Brexit, Empire, and Decolonization | History Workshop
Yes, everywhere in the UK:
Jay Doubleyou: teaching empire in british schools
Israel:
This is perhaps the most controversial use of the term:
The path to peace in Israel-Palestine is through decolonisation | Opinions | Al Jazeera
Why Israel is Not a Settler Colonial State | AJC
The Decolonization Narrative Is Dangerous and False - The Atlantic
What the left gets wrong about Gaza and “decolonisation” - New Statesman
Russia:
It's not just Russia's imperial goals, but the fact that the country we call 'Russia' is in fact an empire:
Is Russia Europe's last empire? Is its invasion of Ukraine a 'colonial war'? Calls to 'decolonise' Russia are growing - but what would that mean?BBC Radio 4 - Decolonising Russia
Russia’s history is one of almost ceaseless expansion and colonization, and Russia is the last European empire that has resisted even basic decolonization efforts, such as granting subject populations autonomy and a meaningful voice in choosing the country’s leaders.Decolonize Russia - The Atlantic
As the successor to the Soviet Union, which cloaked its colonial agenda in anti-imperial and anti-capitalist nomenclature, Russia has yet to attract appropriate scrutiny for its consistent and oftentimes brutal imperial tendencies.Decolonizing Russia: a Moral and Strategic Imperative – CSCE
Both those who believe a Russian collapse is imminent and those who warn against it agree on one thing: The Russian Federation has never truly been, well, a federation. Decentralization is the key, Khodorkovsky said. Whenever the time comes for the West to lift sanctions, it must negotiate with a government that has received legitimacy from the regions.Is the West’s Talk of Russian Decolonization Wise?
What used to be the main theme of anti-Western Soviet propaganda back in the 20th century is now a favorite toy of hawkish Atlanticists, pro-Ukraine activists and East European ethnonationalists. Talking about the decolonization of Russia (and Russia alone – one hardly hears about returning Tennessee to the Cherokees) has become the surest way of attracting the attention of institutions that fund scientific research and political activism.
Dr Kevork Oskanian | Politics | University of Exeter
The fraught complexities of ‘Decolonising Russia’ – Riddle Russia
Nationalist Myth-Making and Western Notions: Studying Eurasia in the 21st Century | ISPI
And:
M.K. Bhadrakumar — Valdai Club
No respite for France as a 'New Africa' rises
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