Meaning of near abroad | Babel Free

Definitions

The other countries and political regions which are in the vicinity of a country or political region.

no-plural

Equivalents

Examples

“In his first term, George W. Bush was willing to give Putin a free hand in what Russia calls the near abroad, the states that spun off from the broken Soviet Union.”

“North Africa and the Middle East are, after all, Europe's near-abroad.”

“Japan has island disputes with all three of its neighbours, Russia, South Korea and China, leaving it diplomatically isolated in its near-abroad.”

CEFR level