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Drawing on the use of the term [[wikt:backyard|backyard]] to refer to the surrounding area or [[neighborhood]] in which one resides, "America's backyard" has been referred to as the area within which the United States, as the "homeowner", has asserted some proprietary right or sought to limit outside influence.<ref>{{Cite journal
| doi = 10.1080/09592290008406150
| volume = 11 | issue = 1 | pages = 291–298 | last = Jones | first = Matthew | title = America's backyard | journal = Diplomacy & Statecraft | year = 2017| s2cid = 162189149 }}</ref> Conversely, "America's Backyard" is referred to the area within which actions by enemy or competing powers might be feared or seen as provocative.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLH39192920080917 |title= The Russian bear in America's backyard: Bernd Debusmann |accessdate=2010-02-28 |author=Bernd Debusmann |date=2008-09-17 |publisher=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> This has much in common with the Russian [[near abroad]], used primarily in reference to the former Soviet Bloc countries; "near Abroad" signified that "Russia [claimed] rights in the region that transcend traditional diplomatic conventions".<ref name=nyt>{{cite web |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07EED81E39F931A15756C0A962958260 |title= ON LANGUAGE; The Near Abroad |accessdate=2008-04-18 |author=William Safire |author-link=William Safire |date=1994-05-22 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
There are differences between the terms, in that "near abroad" for Russia referred to countries which had previously been in political union with [[Russia]] until the fall of the [[Soviet Union]] (and after independence were initially part of the closely tied [[Commonwealth of Independent States]]), whereas the Central and South American countries considered part of America's backyard have never been politically tied to the United States (with the exception of [[Panama]]). In addition, "America's backyard" has been used in a domestic context to refer to [[national parks]] and other open land, whereas "near abroad" refers solely to foreign (though proximate) areas and cannot be used in a [[public land]] context.
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=== France ===
France maintains a relationship with its former African colonies that are considered to be the nation's pré carré (backyard). This is part of the ideology popularly known as [[Francafrique]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Noubel|first=Filip|date=5 February 2020|title=
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