blocs
Groups voting together
Blocs is the plural of bloc, a group of nations, parties, or other entities united by shared interests or goals.
Political blocs form voting alliances; economic blocs coordinate trade policies: The Eastern bloc aligned with the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
Several blocs emerged in the parliament, each pushing different agendas.
Formal union of parties
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- factionGroup within group
- caucusParty selection meeting
- axisRotation reference line
entente · pact · treaty · accord · confederation · federation · union · league
Group within group
- cliqueExclusive social group
- cadreCore of trained personnel
- circleCurved closed shape
- networkInterconnected system
association · affiliation · guild · confederation · federation · league · society · brotherhood
Tariff-aligned trading partnership
- common marketIntegrated trading zone
- economic unionIntegrated multinational trading zone
- cartelPrice-fixing coalition
- consortiumCooperative group for ventures
syndicate · OPEC · EU · ASEAN · NAFTA · tariff · protectionism · free trade
alliance
Formal union of parties
axis · entente · pact · treaty · accord · confederation · federation · union · league · alignment
faction
Group within group
network · association · affiliation · guild · confederation · federation · league · society · brotherhood · fraternity
customs union
Tariff-aligned trading partnership
- common marketIntegrated trading zone
- economic unionIntegrated multinational trading zone
- cartelPrice-fixing coalition
consortium · syndicate · OPEC · EU · ASEAN · NAFTA · tariff · protectionism · free trade · sanctions
- international lawinternational law, treaty, treaties, conventions, protocols
- geopoliticsbalance of power, bipolarity, brinkmanship, buffer state, buffer states
- factionsfactions, faction, splinter groups, splinter party, offshoot
- global governanceUN, United Nations, EU, World Bank, IMF
- UN AssemblyGeneral Assembly, resolutions, delegates, delegations, member states
- regionsregion, regions, area, areas, zone
blocsindividuals
Separate, distinct people
solo players · lone wolves · free agents · mavericks · outliers
blocsfragments
Incomplete broken pieces
factions · splinter groups · disarray · atomization · balkanization
blocsneutral states
Nations without alliance commitments
neutrals · independents · neutrality · non-alignment · fence-sitters
- building blocksBasic units for construction
- block outConceal by covering
- writer's blockInability to produce text
- block partyNeighborhood outdoor celebration
- cell blocksPrison housing divisions
- chopping blockSurface for cutting meat
block, blocked, blocking, blockage, blocks, bloc, blocker, blockers, blockages