Non-Aligned Movement
Cold War neutrals
The Non-Aligned Movement is an international coalition of states that declined to align formally with either the United States or Soviet Union during the Cold War.
Founded in 1961 by leaders including Nehru, Tito, and Nasser, it represented countries seeking independence from superpower rivalry.
The movement persists today as a forum for developing nations, though its relevance has shifted since the Cold War's end: Indonesia was a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement.
1955 Afro-Asian diplomatic gathering
- NehruIndian leader's namesake jacket
- TitoYugoslav communist president
- NasserEgyptian leader, 1956-1970
- bipolarityTwo-pole condition
superpowers · Yugoslavia · India · Egypt · Indonesia · Ghana · Sukarno · peaceful coexistence
Freedom from external control
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- liberationRelease from constraint
- nationhoodStatus as independent country
anti-colonialism · postcolonial · statehood · emancipation · freedom struggles · colonial legacy · Pan-Africanism · trusteeship
Economically disadvantaged nations collectively
- developing nationsCountries with lower economic output
- debt reliefReduction of obligations owed
- fair tradeEquitable exchange between parties
- commodity pricesCost of traded raw goods
industrialization · economic justice · structural inequality
Equal distance from points
- noninterventionPolicy of staying uninvolved
- uncommittedNot bound to anything
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
- noninvolvementState of not participating
nonbelligerent · mediation · bridge-building · abstention · nonpartisan
Bandung Conference
1955 Afro-Asian diplomatic gathering
- NehruIndian leader's namesake jacket
- TitoYugoslav communist president
- NasserEgyptian leader, 1956-1970
bipolarity · superpowers · Yugoslavia · India · Egypt · Indonesia · Ghana · Sukarno · peaceful coexistence · third way
independence
Freedom from external control
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- liberationRelease from constraint
nationhood · anti-colonialism · postcolonial · statehood · emancipation · freedom struggles · colonial legacy · Pan-Africanism · trusteeship · neocolonialism
Global South
Economically disadvantaged nations collectively
- developing nationsCountries with lower economic output
- debt reliefReduction of obligations owed
- fair tradeEquitable exchange between parties
commodity prices · industrialization · economic justice · structural inequality
equidistance
Equal distance from points
- noninterventionPolicy of staying uninvolved
- uncommittedNot bound to anything
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
noninvolvement · nonbelligerent · mediation · bridge-building · abstention · nonpartisan
- alliancesalliance, allies, ally, coalition, NATO alliance
- decolonizationanticolonialism, independence movements, freedom fighter, anti-colonialism, national liberation
- Modern EgyptGamal Abdel Nasser, Nasser, Suez Canal, Anwar Sadat, Mubarak
- Non-Alignmentneutralism, Bandung Conference, neutral states, Jawaharlal Nehru, Josip Broz Tito
- Yugoslav DiplomacyTito, diplomatic missions
- YugoslaviaYugoslavia, Tito, Belgrade, Serbia, Croatia
Non-Aligned MovementNATO
Western defense organization
Warsaw Pact · Western Bloc · Eastern Bloc · SEATO · First World
Non-Aligned Movementmilitary alliance
Mutual defense agreement between nations
Non-Aligned Movementsatellite state
Nation subordinate to another
client state · sphere of influence · puppet state · vassal state
movement, align, alignment, aligned, realignment, nonaligned, realign, aligning, misaligned