Alliances and Blocs

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• What was the primary purpose of NATO when it was founded in 1949?
• Which alliance was established in 1955 as a Soviet-led military counterweight to NATO?
• Which group is best described as a strategic partnership rather than a formal mutual-defense alliance?
• Which organization is most closely associated with security cooperation among China, Russia, and several Central Asian…
• The Warsaw Pact formally dissolved in [____], marking the end of the Soviet-led military bloc.
• NATO's Article 5 embodies the principle of [____], meaning an attack on one member may be treated as an attack on all.
• The Quad consists of Australia, India, Japan, and [____].
• The Non-Aligned Movement was formally launched at a 1961 conference in [____].