Bandung Conference
Decolonization gathering, 1955
The Bandung Conference was a 1955 meeting of Asian and African nations in Bandung, Indonesia—the first major summit of newly independent or decolonizing countries without Western powers.
It promoted Afro-Asian solidarity, anti-colonialism, and non-alignment during the Cold War, laying groundwork for the Non-Aligned Movement.
The Bandung Conference marked a turning point in postcolonial diplomacy.
Freedom from external control
- liberationRelease from constraint
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- anti-colonialismOpposition to foreign domination
anti-imperialism · nationalism · freedom struggle · African independence · colonial legacy · neocolonialism · post-colonial · trusteeship
Deliberate avoidance of alliances
- peaceful coexistenceNon-hostile international relations
- third worldLess developed nations collectively
- Non-Aligned MovementNeutral nations' diplomatic group
- equidistanceEqual distance from points
non-intervention · pan-Africanism · moral authority · developing nations
Peak or diplomatic gathering
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
- communiqueOfficial public announcement
- multilateralInvolving multiple parties
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
protocol · consensus · Nehru · Sukarno · Nasser · foreign ministers · international cooperation · peaceful settlement
Two-pole condition
- Iron CurtainCold War's political divide
- superpower rivalryContest between dominant nations
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- proxy warConflict fought through intermediaries
nuclear arms race · Eisenhower · Khrushchev · Zhou Enlai · Dulles · Marshall Plan · Truman Doctrine · Korean War
independence
Freedom from external control
- liberationRelease from constraint
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
anti-colonialism · anti-imperialism · nationalism · freedom struggle · African independence · colonial legacy · neocolonialism · post-colonial · trusteeship · colonial powers
neutralism
Deliberate avoidance of alliances
- peaceful coexistenceNon-hostile international relations
- third worldLess developed nations collectively
- Non-Aligned MovementNeutral nations' diplomatic group
equidistance · non-intervention · pan-Africanism · moral authority · developing nations
summit
Peak or diplomatic gathering
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
- communiqueOfficial public announcement
- multilateralInvolving multiple parties
dialogue · protocol · consensus · Nehru · Sukarno · Nasser · foreign ministers · international cooperation · peaceful settlement · mutual respect
bipolarity
Two-pole condition
- Iron CurtainCold War's political divide
- superpower rivalryContest between dominant nations
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
proxy war · nuclear arms race · Eisenhower · Khrushchev · Zhou Enlai · Dulles · Marshall Plan · Truman Doctrine · Korean War · Indochina
- 1950sEisenhower, poodle skirt, Elvis Presley, Rosa Parks, baby boom
- decolonizationanticolonialism, independence movement, independence movements, freedom fighter, anti-colonialism
- Modern EgyptGamal Abdel Nasser, Nasser, Suez Canal, Anwar Sadat, Mubarak
- Postwar AsiaKorean War, Vietnam War, Chinese Revolution, Cultural Revolution, Tiananmen Square
- Non-AlignmentNon-Aligned Movement, non-alignment, nonalignment, neutralism, neutral states
- Pan-AfricanismPan-Africanism, African Union, Marcus Garvey, W.E.B. Du Bois, back to Africa
Bandung ConferenceBerlin Conference
Meeting that divided Africa
NATO summit · Yalta Conference · Congress of Vienna · Potsdam Conference · G7 summit
conference, conferring, conferences, conferred, confers, conferee, teleconference, conferral, videoconference