 The colonization period of the Philippines formally ended in 1946, yet scholars continue to debate about the lasting impacts of American settlement in the Philippines.Critical internationalists of the early Cold War (often Americans with overseas experience) saw the similarities between US-Philippines relations and European imperialism.Notions of neocolonialism have been attached in describing the United States' relations with the Philippines, as historians of American foreign relations have argued that there exists a 'dependent' alliance between them.