Non-Aligned Movement

A Cold War-era political movement of countries that chose not to formally align with either the American-led Western bloc or the Soviet-led Eastern bloc. It created a “third” political space in world affairs and, in the early 1970s, shifted its emphasis toward economic concerns of the developing world.

Claims that use this term

• The Non-Aligned Movement created a political space between the American and Soviet spheres.
• The Non-Aligned Movement created a third Cold War political space
• The Non-Aligned Movement shifted focus to economic concerns in the early 1970s