non-belligerents
Those not fighting
Non-belligerents are nations or parties that remain outside an armed conflict while other powers are at war.
Unlike neutrals, who maintain formal impartiality, non-belligerents may favor one side through trade, aid, or diplomatic support without directly engaging in hostilities: The United States was technically a non-belligerent before Pearl Harbor, though Lend-Lease clearly favored the Allies.
Tracks or displays
- inspectorsThose who examine officially
- peacekeepersForces maintaining cease-fires
- witnessesThose who observe events
- reportersThose who gather news
correspondents · Red Cross · election observers · fact-finders · watchdogs · oversight · documentation
Those exempt from warfare
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- inhabitantsPermanent occupants of place
- residentsPeople living somewhere
- civiliansNon-military population
citizenry · refugees · displaced persons · evacuees · internees · wounded · medical personnel · aid workers
Anti-violence believer
- nonviolencePrincipled rejection of force
- conscientious objectorOne refusing military service morally
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
diplomacy · mediation · negotiation · reconciliation · conciliation · peacemaker · accord · treaty
Alpine republic, perpetually neutral
- SwedenScandinavian country, capital Stockholm
- IrelandNorth Atlantic island republic
- AustriaCentral European alpine republic
- nonalignedNot allied with superpowers
neutrality · sovereignty · noninterference · noninvolvement · equidistant · uncommitted · buffer state · declarations
State of taking sides
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
- nonpartisanshipAbsence of party affiliation
- disengagementWithdrawal from involvement
- uninvolvementState of not participating
noninvolvement · noninterference · detachment · aloofness · indifference · passivity · nonalignment · objectivity
monitors
Tracks or displays
- inspectorsThose who examine officially
- peacekeepersForces maintaining cease-fires
- witnessesThose who observe events
reporters · correspondents · Red Cross · election observers · fact-finders · watchdogs · oversight · documentation
noncombatants
Those exempt from warfare
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- inhabitantsPermanent occupants of place
- residentsPeople living somewhere
civilians · citizenry · refugees · displaced persons · evacuees · internees · wounded · medical personnel · aid workers · journalists
pacifist
Anti-violence believer
- nonviolencePrincipled rejection of force
- conscientious objectorOne refusing military service morally
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
armistice · diplomacy · mediation · negotiation · reconciliation · conciliation · peacemaker · accord · treaty · demilitarized
Switzerland
Alpine republic, perpetually neutral
- SwedenScandinavian country, capital Stockholm
- IrelandNorth Atlantic island republic
- AustriaCentral European alpine republic
nonaligned · neutrality · sovereignty · noninterference · noninvolvement · equidistant · uncommitted · buffer state · declarations · recognition
neutrality
State of taking sides
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
- nonpartisanshipAbsence of party affiliation
- disengagementWithdrawal from involvement
uninvolvement · noninvolvement · noninterference · detachment · aloofness · indifference · passivity · nonalignment · objectivity · equidistance
non-belligerentsbelligerents
Parties waging war
combatants · warring parties · aggressors · enemy combatants · invaders
non-belligerentsbelligerents
Parties waging war
aggressors · attackers · antagonists · militants · warmongers
non-belligerent, belligerent, belligerents, belligerence, belligerency, belligerently, bellicose, bellicosity, rebels