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The Western Bloc, also known as the Free Bloc, Capitalist Bloc and the American Bloc, was a coalition of the countries that were allied with the United States and its ideology (liberalism), a member of NATO, opposed the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact, and advocated Anti-Communism during the Cold War 1947-1991. The latter were referred to as the Eastern Bloc. The governments and the press of the Western Bloc were more inclined to refer to themselves as the Free World or the First World, whereas the Eastern Bloc was often called the "Communist World" or "Second World".
Western Bloc associations[edit]
NATO[edit]
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
France
Germany (from 1990)
- West Germany (1955–1990)
Greece (from 1952)
Iceland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Spain (from 1982)
Turkey (from 1952)
United Kingdom
United States
Countries which have become NATO members after the end of the Cold War[edit]
Czech Republic (from 1999)
Hungary (from 1999)
Poland (from 1999)
Bulgaria (from 2004)
Estonia (from 2004)
Latvia (from 2004)
Lithuania (from 2004)
Romania (from 2004)
Slovakia (from 2004)
Slovenia (from 2004)
Albania (from 2009)
Croatia (from 2009)
Montenegro (from 2017)
North Macedonia (from 2020)
Other NATO-affiliated states and partners[edit]
Communist states in opposition to the Soviet Union[edit]
ANZUS[edit]
AUKUS[edit]
Compact of Free Association[edit]
CENTO (until 1979)[edit]
Iran (until 1979)
Iraq (until 1958)
Pakistan (until 1979)- Turkey (until 1979)
- United Kingdom (until 1979)
Rio Treaty[edit]
Argentina
Bahamas (from 1982)
Bolivia (until 2005)
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba (until 1959)
Dominican Republic (until 1990)
Ecuador (until 2012)
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua (until 1979)
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Trinidad and Tobago (from 1967)- United States
Uruguay
Venezuela (rejoined 2019 via Guaido)
SEATO (until 1977)[edit]
Australia (until 1977)- France (until 1965)
Laos (until 1975)
New Zealand (until 1977)- Pakistan (until 1972)
Philippines (until 1977)
South Vietnam (until 1975)
Thailand (until 1977)- United Kingdom (until 1977)
- United States (until 1977)
Middle East/North Africa Region[edit]
Bahrain
Egypt (from 1979)- Iran (until 1979)
- Iraq (until 1958)
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Libya (before 1969, from 2011)
Morocco
Oman
Palestine (West Bank government, until 2019)
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Somalia (from 1977)
Sudan (1971-1985, 2019-)
Syrian opposition
Tunisia- Turkey (until 2009)
United Arab Emirates
Yemen (Hadi government)
North Yemen (1962–1990)
East Asia[edit]
ASEAN[edit]
Other[edit]
South Africa- Pakistan (Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement, from 1954)
Ethiopia (before 1974)
Western Bloc Associations Today[edit]
NATO[edit]
Other NATO-affiliated states and partners[edit]
Middle Eastern Partners[edit]
Asia, South East Asian and Oceania Partners[edit]
Inter-American Partners[edit]
Quadrilateral Security Dialogue[edit]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
Sources[edit]
- 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.