security alliances
Mutual protection agreements
Security alliances are formal agreements between nations to defend one another against external threats.
Members commit to collective defense—an attack on one is treated as an attack on all.
NATO is the most prominent example: The security alliance invoked Article 5 after the September 11 attacks.
Such alliances aim to deter aggression through unified military strength and shared intelligence.
- NATOWestern defense organization
- United NationsInternational governmental organization
- Warsaw PactSoviet-led military alliance
- iron curtainDivider of forged metal
- ASEANSoutheast Asian intergovernmental body
African Union · Five Eyes · SEATO · Arab League · NORAD · strategic partnership · defense pact · WTO · Commonwealth of Nations · NAFTA · balance of power · IMF · World Bank · OPEC · G20 · G7 · BRICS · mutual defense
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State of taking sides
non-alignment · neutral status · Swiss neutrality · non-aggression pacts · isolationism
security alliancesisolationism
Policy avoiding foreign alliances
unilateralism · self-reliance · going it alone · standing alone · autarky
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