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  2. Major non-NATO ally - Wikipedia

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    A major non-NATO ally ( MNNA) is a designation given by the United States government to countries that have strategic working relationships with the U.S. Armed Forces while not being members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). While the status does not automatically constitute a mutual defense pact (as would be the case through ...

  3. List of military alliances - Wikipedia

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    Military alliances shortly before World War I.Germany and the Ottoman Empire allied after the outbreak of war. This is the list of military alliances.A military alliance is a formal agreement between two or more parties concerning national security in which the contracting parties agree to mutual protection and support in case of a crisis that has not been identified in advance.

  4. Neutral country - Wikipedia

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    Neutral country. A neutral country is a state that is neutral towards belligerents in a specific war or holds itself as permanently neutral in all future conflicts (including avoiding entering into military alliances such as NATO, CSTO or the SCO ). As a type of non-combatant status, nationals of neutral countries enjoy protection under the law ...

  5. Member states of NATO - Wikipedia

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    Founding members and enlargement. NATO was established on 4 April 1949 via the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty (Washington Treaty). The 12 founding members of the Alliance were: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States. [ 4]

  6. Non-Aligned Movement - Wikipedia

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    The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a forum of 120 countries that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. It was founded with the view to advancing interests of developing countries in the context of Cold War confrontation. [5] After the United Nations, it is the largest grouping of states worldwide. [2] [6]

  7. List of anti-NATO parties and organizations - Wikipedia

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    List of anti-NATO parties and organizations. Opposition to NATO tends to mainly come from pacifist organisations, workers movements, environmental groups and green parties, and socialist and communist political parties. Many of them believe NATO to be antithetical to global peace and stability, environmentally destructive, and an obstacle to ...

  8. NATO - Wikipedia

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    The North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO / ˈneɪtoʊ / NAY-toh; French: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states —30 European and 2 North American. Established in the aftermath of World War II, the organization implements ...

  9. Western Bloc - Wikipedia

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    The Western Bloc, also known as the Capitalist 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 ...