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Not to be confused with Western world.
Not to be confused with Western 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, also known as the Capitalist Bloc, was a coalition of countries that were allied with the United States, a member of NATO, and/or opposed the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War. 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]

Western Bloc associations

NATO

Other NATO-affiliated states and partners

ANZUS

Compact of Free Association

CENTO

Rio Treaty

SEATO

Map of SEATO members in 1959, shown in blue

East Asia

See also

References

  1. ^ https://thediplomat.com/2016/03/russia-china-the-wests-dual-challenge/

Sources

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