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1 1947–1991 Western Bloc associations  


1.1  NATO  




1.2  Five Eyes  




1.3  ANZUS  




1.4  Anti-Soviet communist or socialist states (until 1989)  




1.5  Compact of Free Association  




1.6  METO, Baghdad Pact, CENTO (until 1979)  




1.7  Rio Treaty  




1.8  SEATO (until 1977)  




1.9  Middle East/North Africa Region  




1.10  Asia, Southeast Asian, and Oceania Partners  




1.11  Others  






2 Post-1991 Western-aligned associations  


2.1  NATO  




2.2  Major non-NATO ally (MNNA)  




2.3  Middle Eastern Partners  




2.4  Asia, South East Asian, and Oceania Partners  




2.5  Inter-American Partners  




2.6  Quadrilateral Security Dialogue  






3 See also  




4 Notes  




5 Sources  













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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
(Redirected from Western bloc)
Not to be confused with Western worldorWestern blot.
The "Three Worlds" of the Cold War (between 30 April and 24 June 1975)
  First World: Countries aligned with the Western Bloc (i.e., NATO and allies), led by the United States
  Second World: Countries aligned with the Eastern Bloc (i.e., Warsaw Pact, China, and allies), led by the Soviet Union
  Third World: The Non-Aligned Movement, led by India and Yugoslavia, and other neutral countries
Political situation in Europe during the Cold War

The Western Bloc is an informal, collective term for countries that were officially allied with the United States during the Cold War of 1947–1991. While the NATO member states, in Western Europe and Northern America, were pivotal to the bloc, it included many other countries, in the broader Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa with histories of anti-Soviet, anti-communist and, in some cases anti-socialist, ideologies and policies. As such, the bloc was opposed to the political systems and foreign policies of communist countries, which were centered on the Soviet Union, other members of the Warsaw Pact, and usually the People's Republic of China. The name "Western Bloc" emerged in response to and as the antithesis of its Communist counterpart, the Eastern Bloc. Throughout the Cold War, the governments and the Western media were more inclined to refer to themselves as the "Free World" or the "First World", whereas the Eastern bloc was often referred to as the "Communist World" or less commonly the "Second World".

1947–1991 Western Bloc associations

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NATO

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  •  Canada*
  •  Denmark*
  •  France*
  •  West Germany (1955–1990)
  •  Greece (from 1952)
  •  Iceland*
  •  Italy*
  •  Luxembourg*
  •  Netherlands*
  •  Norway*
  •  Portugal*
  •  Spain (from 1982)
  •  Turkey (from 1952)
  •  United Kingdom*
  •  United States*

    • * Indicates founding member state

    Five Eyes

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    ANZUS

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    Anti-Soviet communist or socialist states (until 1989)

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    Compact of Free Association

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    METO, Baghdad Pact, CENTO (until 1979)

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    Rio Treaty

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  •  Bahamas (from 1982)
  •  Bolivia (until 2005)
  •  Brazil
  •  Chile
  •  Colombia
  •  Costa Rica
  •  Republic of Cuba (1902–1959) (until 1959)
  •  Dominican Republic (until 1990)
  •  Ecuador (until 2012)
  •  El Salvador
  •  Guatemala
  •  Honduras
  •  Mexico
  • Nicaragua Nicaragua (until 1979)
  •  Panama
  •  Paraguay
  •  Peru
  •  Trinidad and Tobago (from 1967)
  •  United States
  •  Uruguay
  •  Venezuela (until 1999, rejoined 2019 by Juan Guaidó)

    • SEATO (until 1977)

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    Map of SEATO members in 1959, shown in blue

    Middle East/North Africa Region

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    Further information: Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition and Gulf Cooperation Council
    See also: Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict
  •  Bahrain
  •  Egypt (from 1979)
  •  Pahlavi Iran (until 1979)
  •  Ba'athist Iraq (until 1990)
  •  Israel
  •  Jordan
  •  Kuwait
  •  Lebanon
  •  Libya (before 1969, from 2011)
  •  Morocco
  •  Oman
  •  Qatar
  •  Saudi Arabia
  •  Somalia (from 1977)
  • Sudan Sudan (1971-1985, 2019–2021)
  •  Syrian opposition
  •  Tunisia
  •  Turkey (until 2009)
  •  United Arab Emirates
  •  Yemen (Hadi government)

    • Asia, Southeast Asian, and Oceania Partners

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  •  South Korea
  •  Taiwan
  •  Australia
  •  New Zealand
  •  India
  •  Pakistan
  •  Bhutan
  •  Indonesia
  •  Philippines
  •  Thailand
  •  Malaysia
  •  Singapore
  •  Brunei (from 1984)
  •  Vietnam (from 1995)

    • Others

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    Post-1991 Western-aligned associations

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    NATO

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  •  Belgium*
  •  Bulgaria (from 2004)
  •  Canada*
  •  Croatia (from 2009)
  •  Czech Republic (from 1999)
  •  Denmark*
  •  Estonia (from 2004)
  •  Finland (from 2023)
  •  France*
  •  Germany*
  •  Greece*
  •  Hungary (from 1999)
  •  Iceland*
  •  Italy*
  •  Latvia (from 2004)
  •  Lithuania (from 2004)
  •  Luxembourg*
  •  Montenegro (from 2017)
  •  Netherlands*
  •  North Macedonia (from 2020)
  •  Norway*
  •  Poland (from 1999)
  •  Portugal*
  •  Romania (from 2004)
  •  Slovakia (from 2004)
  •  Slovenia (from 2004)
  •  Spain*
  •  Sweden (from 2024)
  •  Turkey*
  •  United Kingdom*
  •  United States*

    • * Indicates pre-1991 member state

    Major non-NATO ally (MNNA)

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  •  Egypt (from 1987)
  •  Israel (from 1987)
  •  Japan (from 1987)
  •  South Korea (from 1987)
  •  Jordan (from 1996)
  •  New Zealand (from 1997)
  •  Argentina (from 1998)
  •  Bahrain (from 2002)
  •  Philippines (from 2003)
  •  Thailand (from 2003)
  •  Republic of China (Taiwan) (de facto) (from 2003)
  •  Kuwait (from 2004)
  •  Morocco (from 2004)
  •  Pakistan (from 2004)
  •  Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2012–2021)
  •  Tunisia (from 2015)
  •  Brazil (from 2019)
  •  Colombia (from 2022)
  •  Qatar (from 2022)

    • Middle Eastern Partners

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  •  Egypt
  •  Iraq (from 2004)
  •  Israel
  •  Jordan
  •  Kuwait
  •  Morocco
  •  Qatar
  •  Saudi Arabia
  •  Sudan
  •  Tunisia
  •  United Arab Emirates

    • Asia, South East Asian, and Oceania Partners

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  •  South Korea
  •  Republic of China (Taiwan)
  •  Thailand
  •  New Zealand
  •  Philippines
  •  Australia
  •  India
  •  Pakistan
  •  Indonesia
  •  Mongolia
  •  Malaysia
  •  Brunei
  •  Bhutan
  •  Singapore
  •  Vietnam

    • Inter-American Partners

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  •  Brazil
  •  Chile
  •  Colombia
  •  Costa Rica
  •  Dominican Republic
  •  Ecuador
  •  El Salvador
  •  Guatemala
  •  Honduras
  •  Mexico
  •  Panama
  •  Paraguay
  •  Peru
  •  Uruguay

    • Quadrilateral Security Dialogue

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    See also

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  • List of American and British defectors in the Korean War
  • Allies of World War II
  • Axis powers
  • Eastern Bloc
  • Free World
  • First World
  • Second World
  • Third World
  • Operation Condor
  • Partnership for Peace
  • Western betrayal
  • Western European and Others Group
  • Western world

    • Notes

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    1. ^ See De-satellization of the Socialist Republic of Romania

    Sources

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