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Political situation in Europe during the Cold War
The Western Bloc during the Cold War refers to the capitalist countries who were under the hegemony of the United States and NATO against the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. The latter were referred to as the Eastern Bloc. The governments and press of the Western Bloc were more inclined to refer to themselves as the "Free World" or the "Western world", whereas the Eastern Bloc was often called the "Communist world or Second world".
Since the end of the Cold War, until recently, further escalation between China and Russia became tense since the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, such as the conflicts in the Middle East (particularly in Iran, Syria and Yemen), Venezuela and Ukraine.[1]
Contents
Western Bloc associations
NATO
Albania (from 2009)
Belgium
Bulgaria (from 2004)
Canada
Croatia (from 2009)
Czech Republic (from 1999)
Denmark
Estonia (from 2004)
France
Germany (from 1990)
West Germany (1955-1990)
Greece (from 1952)
Hungary (from 1999)
Iceland
Italy
Latvia (from 2004)
Lithuania (from 2004)
Luxembourg
Montenegro (from 2017)
Netherlands
Norway
Poland (from 1999)
Portugal
Romania (from 2004)
Slovakia (from 2004)
Slovenia (from 2004)
Spain (from 1982)
Turkey (from 1952)
United Kingdom
United States
Other NATO-affiliated states and partners
ANZUS
Compact of Free Association
CENTO
Iran
Iraq (until 1959)
Pakistan
Turkey
United Kingdom
Rio Treaty
Argentina
Bahamas (from 1982)
Bolivia (until 2012)
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba (until 1959, withdrew in 2012)
Dominican Republic
Ecuador (until 2012)
El Salvador
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Mexico (until 2004)
Nicaragua (until 2012)
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Trinidad and Tobago (from 1967)
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
SEATO
Australia
France (until 1965)
New Zealand
Pakistan (until 1972)
Philippines
Thailand
South Vietnam (until 1975)
United Kingdom
United States
East Asia
See also
- Allies
- Axis powers
- Eastern Bloc
- Free world
- First World
- Second World
- Third World
- Operation Condor
- Western betrayal
- Western world
References
Sources
- Matloff, Maurice. Makers of Modern Strategy. Ed. Peter Paret. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1971. 702.
- Kissinger, Henry. Diplomacy. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. 447,454.
- Lewkowicz, Nicolas. The United States, the Soviet Union and the Geopolitical Implications of the Origins of the Cold War New York and London: Anthem Press, 2018.