Alliances

An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an alliance are called allies. Alliances form in many settings, including political alliances, military alliances, and business alliances. When the term is used in the context of war or armed struggle, such associations may also be called allied powers, especially when discussing World War I or World War II. A formal military alliance is not required for being perceived as an ally—co-belligerence, fighting alongside …

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Coherent Digital · 12 November 2024 English

The study of Weimar Germany’s relations with India holds significant value, as it unravels an under-explored period of diplomatic, commercial, and cultural exchanges between two distinct entities—one a nascent democratic …

reparations or colonial rule, seek alternative alliances and partnerships to achieve political and economic movements and their reliance on transnational alliances. In today’s globalized world, where nations pursue nations forge new trade agreements and strategic alliances, this historical case demonstrates that even under states can play a crucial role in shaping future alliances, regardless of immediate economic or military


Coherent Digital · 26 October 2024 English

Studying the relations between Weimar Germany and China is valuable for a variety of reasons, shedding light on an under-explored chapter in early 20th-century international diplomacy, economics, and military development. …

lies in the lessons it offers about building alliances during times of adversity. Weimar Germany’s innovative issues. ● Diplomatic Resilience and Alternative Alliances 3Weimar Germany's engagement with China demonstrates facing diplomatic isolation, can forge meaningful alliances through strategic realignments. Germany, constrained leverage creative diplomacy to build alternative alliances with emerging powers or regional partners.12 ● example emphasizes the importance of alternative alliances.15 ● Precursor to Modern Sino-German Relations


Coherent Digital · 26 October 2024 English

In recent years, scholars and political analysts have drawn comparisons between contemporary American society and the Weimar Republic, Germany's short-lived democratic experiment between the world wars. Both societies grappled with …

inward turn and the questioning of international alliances can be seen as echoing the nationalist sentiments


Coherent Digital · 6 October 2024 English

one of the most influential geopolitical events of the 20th century. The Cold War shaped global alliances, conflicts, ideologies, and economic structures that continue to impact international relations

the 20th century. The Cold War shaped global alliances, conflicts, ideologies, and economic structures


5 May 2022 English

Notes of interest with links to documents in Cold War Eastern Europe. Links to photos, maps and compelling stories.

geographical areas of responsibility of Allied naval alliances FCO 28/120 87-88 Visual Maps of Czechoslovakia


LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 1 January 2017 English

As well as heralding a series of momentous changes within Soviet domestic politics and society, the death of Stalin on March 5, 1953 also brought forward important shifts of tone …

declaring its neutral position between the military alliances of NATO and the Warsaw Pact (the latter organization



The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

country and the obligations arising from its alliances": railways, communications, energy, arms factories



The National Archives · 1 January 1982 French

A file containing documents relating to Soviet foreign policy. Subjects covered in the file include the role of the Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev, in foreign-policy formulation; the view that the …

natural obstacles on the one hand and various alliances on the other. So, to break its encirclement


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