Western Bloc
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
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 North Macedonia (from 2020) 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
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
Republic of China Japan South Korea Hong Kong (until 1997)
See also
- Allies
- Axis powers
- Eastern Bloc
- Free world
- First World
- Second World
- Third World
- Operation Condor
- Western betrayal
- Western world
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.
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