List of military alliances

This is the list of military alliances.

Historical examples

Biblical

In Judges 1:3, the Israelite tribes of Judah and Simeon agreed to campaign together for their allotted territories in the Promised Land:

So Judah said to Simeon his brother, "Come up with me to my allotted territory, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I will likewise go with you to your allotted territory". And Simeon went with him.

Current security alliances

Continental

Africa

African Union - All 55 independent African nations are members
- Peace and Security Council (PSC)
- African Standby Force (ASF)
Economic Community of Central African States
- Council for Peace and Security in Central Africa (COPAX)
Economic Community of West African States
- ECOMIL
- ECOMOG

Asia

Axis of Resistance
Organization of the Eurasian Law Enforcement Agencies with Military Status (TAKM) is an co-operation organization of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan.
Peninsula Shield Force The military force of the Persian Gulf.
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

South America

Union of South American Nations - Includes all 12 South American nations
- South American Defense Council (SADC)

Europe

Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, originally signed in 1373, is the oldest alliance still in force in the world.
BALTRON is a joint Estonian—Latvian—Lithuanian Naval Squadron.
Entente Cordiale / Defence and Security Co-operation Treaty is a joint Military alliance between France and the United Kingdom.
Franco-German Brigade is a joint French-German Brigade.
The European Union maintains a Common Security and Defence Policy
GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova) cooperates on "international and regional security" and maintains a joint peacekeeping force.

North America

North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)

Oceania

ANZAC is a joint military alliance between Australia and New Zealand.

Intercontinental

Africa and Asia

Arab League

Islamic Military Alliance (IMAFT), a 34-member alliance based at a joint command center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Its creation was first announced by Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud, the Saudi Minister of Defense, on December 14, 2015.

Africa and South America

South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone (ZPCAS)

Africa and North America

On 20 December 1777, Morocco became the first country to recognize the United States as an independent nation. The Moroccan-American Treaty of Friendship, formalized in 1786, is the longest unbroken treaty relationship in U.S. history, and Tangier is home to the oldest U.S. diplomatic property in the world.

North America and Europe

NATO, Enlarged from 1999 to include eastern European states. North Atlantic Treaty only covers European, North American, and French Algerian (now independent and therefore not in force) territory.

Eurasia

Collective Security Treaty Organization, Military alliance with 6 former Soviet republics: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.

Asia and North America

Israel and the United States signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in 1981.
Japan and the United States entered into a security alliance following the allied occupation after WWII.
The Mutual Defense Treaty is a joint US-Philippine Defence Treaty.
South Korea and the United States entered into a defense treaty following the Korean War.
The Taiwan Relations Act obligates the United States to intervene militarily if the People's Republic of China (PRC) attacks or invades Taiwan (the Republic of China or ROC). It also obligates the United States to provide the ROC with weapons necessary to defend against the PRC.

Americas

Organization of American States Includes all 35 nations in the Americas, although Venezuela has elected to withdraw and Cuba has chosen not to resume participation.
- Inter-American Defense Board
Rio Pact