nonaligned nations

1. Nations of the Third World that as a group rejected alliance with either the United States or the former Soviet Union.

Example Sentences

The U.S. and its allies have imposed a string of sanctions on Moscow for the Ukraine war and there is a fierce bidding war among nonaligned nations to condemn the war.

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With the U.S.-led world order facing arguably its most serious set of economic and political challenges since the Cold War, and with developing and nonaligned nations being wooed by both sides, a reaction is underway.

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With Turkey having dropped its objections to the Nordic states’ applications Tuesday, the two formerly nonaligned nations would expand NATO’s ranks from 30 member states to 32.

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Putin has forced nonaligned nations near Russia to choose between submission to Moscow or seeking protection for their independence.

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The return of a bloc of nonaligned nations harks back to a period in which leaders of the post-colonial movement resisted having their destinies shaped by imperialism.

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