What is Western Bloc?
[[File:Europe-blocs-49-89x4.svg|thumb|The political situation in Europe during the Cold War.]] The '''Western Bloc''' during the [[Cold War]] means the powers allied with the [[United States]] and [[North Atlantic Treaty Organisation|NATO]] against the [[People's Republic of China]] or [[Russia]] and the [[Collective Security Treaty Organization|CSTO]] and formerly against the [[Soviet Union]] and the [[Warsaw Pact]] until 1991. [[Soviet Union]] and the [[Warsaw Pact]] were called the ''[[Eastern Bloc]]''. This term was rather common, while the governments and press of the Western Bloc used to speak of themselves as the ''[[Free world]]''. == 1947–1991 Western Bloc associations == ===NATO=== {{div col|colwidth=10em}} * [[Belgium]]* * [[Canada]]* * [[Denmark]]* * [[France]]* * [[West Germany|FR Germany]] (1955–1990) * [[Greece]] (from 1952) * [[Iceland]]* * [[Italy]]* * [[Luxembourg]]* * [[Netherlands]]* * [[Norway]]* * [[Portugal]]* * [[Spain]] (from 1982) * [[Turkey]] (from 1952) * [[United Kingdom]]* * [[United States]]*{{div col end}} {{Small|* Indicates founding [[Member states of NATO|member state]]}} ===Five Eyes=== * [[Australia]] * [[Canada]] * [[New Zealand]] * [[United Kingdom]] * [[United States]] ===ANZUS=== * [[Australia]] * [[New Zealand]] * [[United States]] ===Anti-Soviet communist or socialist states (until 1989)=== *[[History of the People's Republic of China (1976–1989)|China]] (from [[Chinese economic reform|1978]]) *[[Democratic Kampuchea]] (from [[Cambodian–Vietnamese War|1978]]) **[[Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea|CGDK]] (from 1982) *[[Socialist Republic of Romania|Romania]]{{efn|See [[De-satellization of the Socialist Republic of Romania]]}} (from 1964) *[[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] (from 1948) ===Compact of Free Association=== *[[Marshall Islands]] *[[Federated States of Micronesia|Micronesia]] *[[Palau]] *[[United States]] ===METO, Baghdad Pact, CENTO (until 1979)=== * [[Pahlavi Iran|Iran]] (until [[Iranian Revolution|1979]]) * [[Kingdom