non-alignment
Refusing bloc membership
Non-alignment is the policy of not formally allying with major power blocs or military alliances.
The term emerged during the Cold War to describe nations that refused to side with either the United States or Soviet Union: India was a leader of the non-aligned movement.
The stance implies diplomatic independence rather than neutrality on all issues.
1955 Afro-Asian diplomatic gathering
- NehruIndian leader's namesake jacket
- TitoYugoslav communist president
- NasserEgyptian leader, 1956-1970
- SukarnoIndonesia's inaugural leader
neutralism · peaceful coexistence · bipolarity · superpowers · decolonization · equidistance · Global South · anti-imperialism
Deliberate avoidance of alliances
- non-interventionPolicy of staying uninvolved
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- multilateralismMulti-party international cooperation
- equidistanceEqual distance from points
peaceful coexistence · non-aggression · multipolarity · détente · bridge-building · mediation
Control over one's fate
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- independenceFreedom from external control
- decolonizationEnding imperial control
- national liberationFreedom from foreign domination
self-rule · anti-colonialism · freedom · emancipation · self-governance · nationhood · post-colonial · statehood
Bandung Conference
1955 Afro-Asian diplomatic gathering
- NehruIndian leader's namesake jacket
- TitoYugoslav communist president
- NasserEgyptian leader, 1956-1970
Sukarno · neutralism · peaceful coexistence · bipolarity · superpowers · decolonization · equidistance · Global South · anti-imperialism · summit meetings
neutralism
Deliberate avoidance of alliances
- non-interventionPolicy of staying uninvolved
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- multilateralismMulti-party international cooperation
equidistance · peaceful coexistence · non-aggression · multipolarity · détente · bridge-building · mediation
self-determination
Control over one's fate
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- independenceFreedom from external control
- decolonizationEnding imperial control
national liberation · self-rule · anti-colonialism · freedom · emancipation · self-governance · nationhood · post-colonial · statehood · anti-imperialism
- decolonizationanticolonialism, independence movement, independence movements, freedom fighter, anti-colonialism
- Neutralityneutrality pact, neutral state, neutral stance, diplomatic neutrality, Swiss neutrality
- Neutral NationsSwitzerland, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Ireland
- Non-Alignmentneutralism, Bandung Conference, neutral states, Jawaharlal Nehru, Josip Broz Tito
- movementsmove, step, turn, shift, slide
- Cold WarBerlin Wall, Iron Curtain, arms race, Warsaw Pact, Cuban Missile Crisis
non-alignmentalliance
Formal union of parties
alignment · military alliance · collective security · defense pact · strategic partnership
non-alignmentpartisanship
Loyalty to one faction
taking sides · commitment · allegiance · loyalty · advocacy
non-alignmentalignment
Correct relative positioning
proper alignment · calibration · symmetry · coordination · straightness