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An alliance is an agreement between two or more parties, made in order to advance common goals and to secure common interests. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, signed in 1373 between the Kingdom of England (succeeded by the United Kingdom) and Portugal, is the oldest alliance in the world which is still in force.
[edit] International relations
Examples of alliances in this context include:
[edit] Politics
- Alberta Alliance Party, a small right-wing political party in Alberta, Canada that existed from 2002 until merging to form the Wildrose Alliance Party in 2008 (see below)
- Social Democratic Alliance, political party in Iceland
- Alliance (New Zealand political party), left-wing political party in New Zealand politics
- Alliance 90, an alliance of 3 opposition groups in East Germany
- Alliance for Chile, a political coalition that includes Chiles two rightwing parties RN and UDI
- Alliance for Sweden, an electoral and governing (since September 2006) political coalition between the Moderate Party, Centre Party, Liberal People's Party and Christian Democrats
- Alliance Party of Northern Ireland, political party operating in Northern Ireland
- Canadian Alliance, Canadian right-of-centre conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003
- Fijian Alliance, a former political party in Fiji
- International Alliance of Socialist Democracy, an organization founded by Mikhail Bakunin
- Melanesian Alliance Party, a political party in Papua New Guinea
- People's Alliance for Democracy, a long-term protest movement in Thailand which is opposed to former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his supporters
- ProLife Alliance, a political party in the United Kingdom
- SDP-Liberal Alliance, electoral alliance of the Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Party in the United Kingdom that operated from 1981 to 1988
- The Alliance Party (Malaya), the predecessor of the Barisan Nasional political coalition in Malaysia
- The Alliance (Hong Kong), political group in Hong Kong
- Tongmenghui (or "Revolutionary Alliance"), a Chinese underground resistance movement which operated in Japan from 1905 to 1950
- United Iraqi Alliance, a political coalition in Iraq
- United People Alliance, electoral and political coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party or PCP and the Portuguese Democratic Movement or MDP
- National Alliance (disambiguation), several political parties
- National Democratic Alliance, several political parties
- New Alliance Party (disambiguation), several political parties
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a military alliance established by the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty
- United Kingdom – United States relations, widely accepted as the world's most powerful alliance
- Wildrose Alliance Party, a small right-wing political party in Alberta, Canada
[edit] Business
- Alliance (1904 automobile), an early German automobile
- Alliance (1905 automobile), an early French automobile
- Alliance Air, a low-cost carrier based in Delhi, India
- Alliance Airlines, a charter airline based in Brisbane, Australia
- Alliance Atlantis, a Toronto-based media company
- Alliance Entertainment, an independent distributor of music, movies, and game software
- Alliance Records, a record label
- Alliance Semiconductor, an electronic chip maker in Santa Clara, California
- Alliance & Leicester, a British bank
- Auto Alliance, joint-venture automobile plants of Ford Motor Company and Mazda
- Business alliance, an agreement between businesses
- Destination Alliances, a ctompany providing destination marketing and collaboration services
[edit] Geography
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[edit] Fiction
- Alliance of Twelve from the Alias TV series
- Alliance (DC Comics), an organization of alien freedom fighters from the pages of DC Comics
- The Alliance, a military, cultural, and economic alliance between Humans, Night Elves, Gnomes, Dwarves and Draenei in the MMORPG World of Warcraft made by Blizzard Entertainment.
- Anglo-Sino Alliance, powerful government and law-enforcement organization that controls a large sector of colonized "core planets" in the Firefly television series
- Earth Alliance (Babylon 5), fictional alliance of the countries of Earth in the television series Babylon 5
- Earth Alliance (Gundam), a military alliance that controls most of the Earth in the Japanese anime TV series Gundam Seed
- Ferengi Alliance, fictional extraterrestrial race from the Star Trek universe
- Rebel Alliance, interstellar political resistance force formed in direct military opposition to the Galactic Empire in the fictional Star Wars universe
- United Alliance of Evil from the Power Rangers TV series
- The Alliance of Order (Warhammer), an alliance of Humans, Elves and Dwarves to counter the Forces of Destruction
[edit] Other fields
- Alliance (Bible), Torah event
- Christian and Missionary Alliance, an evangelical Christian denomination
- The Alliance (professional wrestling), professional wrestling faction which ostensibly consisted of World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling
- The Alliance (dancehall), a group of dancehall artists founded by Bounty Killer
- The Alliance (The Office episode), an episode of the television series The Office
- Alliance to End Hulkamania, professional wrestling stable in World Championship Wrestling
- Alliance (biology), the taxonomic division between subtribe and genus
- Military alliance, an agreement between two, or more, countries
- The Alliance Theatre Company, based in Atlanta, Georgia
- The PC Gaming Alliance, a non-profit organisation aimed at promoting PC gaming
- Alliance (band), band
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