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List of military alliances A military alliance is agreement between two, or more, military factions; related to wartime planning, commitments, or contingencies; such agreements can be both defensive and offensive. Military alliances often involve non-military agreements, in addition to their primary purpose. Contents - 1 Characteristics - 2 European historiography - 3 Historical examples - 4 Contemporary security alliances - 4.1 Continental - 4.2 Intercontinental - 4.3 Global - 5 See also - 6 References - 7 Bibliography Characteristics[edit] Military alliances are related to collective security systems but can differ in nature. An early 1950s memorandum from the United States Department of State explained the difference by saying, that historically alliances "were designed to advance the respective nationalistic interests of the parties, and provided for joint military action if one of the parties in pursuit of such objectives became involved in war." While a collective security arrangement "is directed against no one; it is directed solely against aggression. It seeks not to influence any shifting 'balance of power' but to strengthen the 'balance of principle.'"[1] The obvious motivation in states engaging in military alliances is to protect themselves against threats from other countries. However states have also entered into alliances to improves ties with a particular nation or to manage conflict with a particular nation.[2] The nature of alliances, including their formation and cohesiveness (or lack thereof), is a subject of much academic study past and present, with the leading scholars generally considered to be Glenn H. Snyder and Stephen Walt.[3] European historiography[edit] This section incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). In the European historical context, a military alliance can be viewed as a league between independent states, defined by treaty, for the purpose of combined action, defensive or offensive, or both. Alliances have often been directed to specific objects carefully defined in the treaties. Thus the Triple Alliance of 1668 between Great Britain, Sweden and the Netherlands, and the Grand Alliance of 1689 between the Emperor, Holland, England, Spain and Saxony, were both directed against the power of Louis XIV of France. The Quadruple or Grand Alliance of 1814, defined in the Treaty of Chaumont, between Great Britain, Austria, Russia and Prussia, had for its object the overthrow of Napoleon and his dynasty, and the confining of France within her traditional boundaries. The Triple Alliance of 1882 between Germany, Austria and Italy was ostensibly directed to the preservation of European peace against any possible aggressive action of France or Russia; and this led in turn, some ten years later, to the Dual Alliance between Russia and France, for mutual support in case of any hostile action of the other powers. Occasionally, however, attempts have been made to give alliances a more general character. Thus the Holy Alliance of 26 September 1815 was an attempt, inspired by the religious idealism of the Emperor Alexander I of Russia, to find in the "sacred precepts of the Gospel" a common basis for a general league of the European governments, its object being, primarily, the preservation of peace. So, too, by Article VI of the Quadruple Treaty signed at Paris on 20 November 1815 – which renewed that of Chaumont and was again renewed, in 1818, at Aix-la-Chapelle – the scope of the Grand Alliance was extended to objects of common interest not specifically defined in the treaties. The article runs: "In order to consolidate the intimate tie which unites the four sovereigns for the happiness of the world, the High Contracting Powers have agreed to renew at fixed intervals, either under their own auspices or by their respective ministers, meetings consecrated to great common objects and to the examination of such measures as at each one of these epochs shall be judged most salutary for the peace and prosperity of the nations and the maintenance of the tranquillity of Europe." It was this article of the treaty of the 20 November 1815, rather than the Holy Alliance, that formed the basis of the serious effort made by the great powers, between 1815 and 1822, to govern Europe in concert. In general it proved that an alliance, to be effective, must be clearly defined as to its objects, and that in the long run the treaty in which these objects are defined must – to quote Otto von Bismarck's somewhat cynical dictum – "be reinforced by the interests" of the parties concerned. Yet the "moral alliance" of Europe, as Count Karl Nesselrode called it, though it failed to secure the permanent harmony of the powers, was an effective instrument for peace during the years immediately following the downfall of Napoleon; and it set the precedent for those periodical meetings of the representatives of the powers, for the discussion and settlement of questions of international importance, which, though cumbrous and inefficient for constructive work, contributed much to the preservation of the general peace during much of the nineteenth century. Historical examples[edit] Vedic Period[edit] - 1700–1000 BC Ten tribes formed alliance against Tritsu in Battle of ten kings Hellenic Period[edit] - 502–449 BC Medic Wars - Hellenic League - Athens, Lacedemonia, Macedon, others - 431–404 BC Peloponnesian War - League of Delos - Athens, Argos, Chios, Samos, Lesbos, others - Peloponnesian League - Lacedemonia, Corinth, Thebes, Syracuse, others Middle Ages[edit] - 634–1853 Christian-Islamic Wars Early modern period[edit] - 1494–1559 Italian Wars - 1546–1547 Schmalkaldic War - Schmalkaldic League - German Protestant States - 1571 Christian-Islamic Wars - Holy League - Papal States, Spain, Republic of Venice, others - 1618–1648 Thirty Years' War - Catholic League (German) - Bavaria, other Catholic German States - Protestant Union - Protestant German States - Treaty of Nonsuch - Dutch Republic, England - 1683–1699 Great Turkish War (War of the Holy League) - 1688–1697 War of the Grand Alliance (Nine Years' War, King William's War, or War of the League of Augsburg) - 1700-1721 Great Northern War - Anti-Swedish alliance - Russia, Denmark–Norway, Saxony, Poland-Lithuania, Prussia and Hanover - 1701–1714 War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War) - Holy Roman Empire (including: Austria, Prussia, and Hanover), Kingdom of Great Britain (including Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland), Dutch Republic, Duchy of Savoy, Kingdom of Portugal, Spain loyal to Charles, Muscogee (Creek), Chickasaw, and Yamasee, versus - Kingdom of France, Spain loyal to Philip, Bavaria, Wabanaki Confederacy, Caughnawaga Mohawk, Choctaw, Timucua, Apalachee, and Natchez, versus - Iroquois Confederacy - 1717 Christian-Islamic Wars - 1718-1720 War of the Quadruple Alliance - 1739-1748 War of the Austrian Succession (King George's War, War of Jenkin's Ear, First Carnatic War, First Silesian War, and Second Silesian War) - 1754-1763 Seven Years' War (French and Indian War, Pomeranian War, Third Carnatic War, Fantastic War, or Third Silesian War) - Alliance of Prussia, Great Britain, Hanover, Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Iroquois Confederacy, Portugal, Hesse-Kassel, Schaumburg-Lippe, versus - Alliance of France, Austria, Russian Empire, Spanish Empire, Sweden, Saxony, Mughal Empire - 1775-1783 American Revolutionary War - Native Americans - Allied with Britain: Cayugas, Cherokees, Creeks, Mohawks, Onondagas, Senecas - Allied with Americans: Oneidas, Stockbridge, Tuscaroras - Treaty of Alliance, 1778-1800 - United States, France - Treaty of Aranjuez, 1779-1783 - France, Spain - First League of Armed Neutrality, 1780-1783 - Russia, Denmark-Norway, Sweden, Prussia, the Holy Roman Empire, the Dutch Republic, Portugal, the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the Ottoman Empire - Native Americans Nineteenth century[edit] - 1803–1815 Napoleonic Wars - The Quadruple Alliance of 1814/15 - United Kingdom, Austria, Prussia and Russia. - First through Seventh Coalitions - 1815–1825 Absolutist-Liberal conflicts - The Quadruple Alliance of 1834 - 1853–1856 Crimean War - Alliance of France, Britain, the Ottoman Empire and Sardinia. - 1873–1878 & 1881-1887 League of the Three Emperors - Russian Empire, Austria-Hungary and German Empire - 1879–1918 Dual Alliance - Austria-Hungary and German Empire - 1882–1914 Triple Alliance - German Empire, Austria–Hungary and Kingdom of Italy - 1886-1894 First Samoan Civil War - Alliance of Mataafans and United States, versus - Alliance of Tamasese and German Empire - 1892–1917 Franco-Russian Alliance - French Third Republic and Russian Empire - 1898-1899 Second Samoan Civil War - Alliance of Samoa, United States, and United Kingdom versus - Alliance of Mataafans and German Empire - 1899-1901 Boxer Rebellion - Eight-Nation Alliance - Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States Twentieth century[edit] - First Balkan War - 1912–1913 Balkan League - Greece, Bulgaria, Montenegro and Serbia - World War I - 1902–1923 Anglo-Japanese Alliance - United Kingdom and Japan - 1907–1918 the Entente and the Allies - Russian empire (to 1917), United Kingdom, France, Italy, Serbia, Romania, Portugal (from 1916) - 1914–1918 the Central Powers - Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria - Interwar period - 1920-1938 Little Entente - Czechoslovakia, Romania and Yugoslavia - 1931-1945 Second Sino-Japanese War (After Pearl Harbor, folded into the greater World War II.) - 1931-1938 - Republic of China, Germany - 1937-1941 Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact - Republic of China, Soviet Union - 1941-1942 American Volunteer Group - Republic of China, United States - World War II - 1939–1945 the Allies - United States, United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, Soviet Union, Poland, France, Republic of China, many others. - 1939-1945 Iberian Pact - Portugal, Spain - 1940–1945 the Axis - Germany, Japan, Italy, and many others. - Cold War - 1947 Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Pact) - Most of the countries of the Americas. - 1948-2011 Western European Union (WEU) - limited role. Merged with EU in 2009. - 1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) -- United States, Canada, most of Western Europe - 1951 ANZUS Treaty (ANZUS) - United States, Australia, New Zealand. - 1954–1977 SEATO - United States, United Kingdom, France, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Thailand, Philippines - 1955–1979 CENTO - United Kingdom, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan - 1955-1980 Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty - United States, Republic of China - 1955–1991 Warsaw Pact - Soviet Union, East Germany, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania - 1958 North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) - United States and Canada. - 1970-1974 Alcora Exercise - Portugal, South Africa and Rhodesia. - 1971 Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) - United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore. - 1981 ECOMOG of Economic Community of West African States. - 1982 Regional Security System (RSS) - several Eastern Caribbean countries. - 1989 Major non-NATO allies of the United States (MNNA) - Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Thailand. - 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War (First Persian Gulf War) - 1987-1989 Tanker War - Kuwait, United States, Soviet Union, Saudi Arabia - 1990-1991 Gulf War (Persian Gulf War, Second Persian Gulf War, First Gulf War, Gulf War I, Kuwait War, or First Iraq War) - Coalition: United States, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, Egypt, France, Syria, Morocco, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bangladesh, Italy, Australia, Netherlands, Niger, Sweden, Argentina, Senegal, Spain, Bahrain, Belgium, Poland, South Korea, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Denmark, New Zealand, Hungary, and Norway - 1991-1999 Yugoslav Wars - 1991-1995 Croatian War of Independence - 1992-1995 United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR): Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States - 1995-1996 United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia (UNCRO): Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine, United States - 1992-1995 Bosnian War - 1992 Allies: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia - 1994-1995 Allies: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, NATO - 1992-1995 United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR): Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States - 1993-1995 Operation Deny Flight (NATO): Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States - 1995 Operation Deliberate Force (NATO): Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States - 1995-1996 Implementation Force (IFOR): Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States - 1996-2004 Stabilization Force SFOR: Albania Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States - 2004–present European Union Force Althea (EUFOR Althea): Albania Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom - 1992-2003 operations in Macedonia: - 1992-1995 United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR): Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States - 1995-1999 United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP): Argentina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, Ghana, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Kenya, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United States - 2001 Operation Essential Harvest (NATO): - 2001-2002 Operation Amber Fox (NATO): - 2002-2003 Operation Allied Harmony (NATO): - 2003 European Union Force Concordia (EUFOR Concordia): - 1997-1999 Kosovo War - Alliance: Kosovo Liberation Army, Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosovo, NATO (since 1999) - 1999 Operation Allied Force (NATO): Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States - 1999–present Kosovo Force (KFOR): Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States - Alliance: Kosovo Liberation Army, Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosovo, NATO (since 1999) - 1991-1995 Croatian War of Independence - 1991-2003 Iraqi no-fly zones - Allies: United States, United Kingdom, France, Australia, Belgium, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Italy Twenty-first century[edit] - 2001–present Afghan War - Coalition: - Invasion: United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Northern Alliance - Post-Invasion: - 2001–2014 International Security Assistance Force (ISAF): - NATO: Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States - Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC): Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Georgia, Ireland, Macedonia, Montenegro, Switzerland, Sweden, Ukraine - Others: Australia, Bahrain, El Salvador, Jordan, Malaysia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Tonga, United Arab Emirates - 2015+ Resolute Support: NATO, United States - 2001–2014 International Security Assistance Force (ISAF): - Other contributors: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Egypt, India, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan - Coalition: - 2003-2011 Iraq War (Second Persian Gulf War, Third Persian Gulf War, Second Gulf War, Gulf War II, or Second Iraq War) - Coalition: - Invasion: United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Poland, Iraqi National Congress, Peshmerga - Post-Invasion: - 2004-2011 Multi-National Force – Iraq: United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Romania, El Salvador, Estonia, Bulgaria, Moldova, Albania, Ukraine, Denmark, Czech Republic, South Korea, Japan, Tonga, Azerbaijan, Singapore, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Latvia, Poland, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Mongolia, Georgia, Slovakia, Lithuania, Italy, Norway, Hungary, Netherlands, Portugal, New Zealand, Thailand, Philippines, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Spain, Nicaragua, and Iceland - 2004-2011 NATO Training Mission - Iraq: United States, Italy, Denmark, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Turkey, Romania, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Bulgaria, Albania, Czech Republic, Iceland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Norway, Hungary, Germany, Japan, United Arab Emirates, Canada, Philippines, France, Spain, Jordan, Egypt, Ukraine, and Latvia - 2003-2014 United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI): Fiji, Denmark, New Zealand, Australia, Jordan, Nepal, Romania, Georgia, Canada, Austria, United Kingdom, and United States - Coalition: - 2014–present Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[4] - Coalition: - in Iraq and Syria: Iraqi Kurdistan, Morocco, United Kingdom, United States - in Iraq only: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Iraq, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey - in Syria only: Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE - Other anti-ISIL forces: - Iranian-led: Hezbollah, Iran, Shia militias in Iraq - in Iraq: Nineveh Plain Protection Units - in Syria: Syrian Opposition, Syrian Kurdistan, others - Coalition: Contemporary security alliances[edit] Continental[edit] Africa[edit] - African Union - Peace and Security Council (PSC) - African Standby Force (ASF) - Economic Community of Central African States - Economic Community of West African States Asia[edit] - Axis of Resistance - Organization of the Eurasian Law Enforcement Agencies with Military Status (TAKM) is an intergovernmental military co-operation organization of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia. - Peninsula Shield Force The military force of the Persian Gulf nations of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, and Bahrain Europe[edit] - Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, originally signed in 1373, is the oldest alliance still in force in the world. - BALTRON is a joint Estonian—Latvian—Lithuanian Naval Squadron. - Entente Cordiale / Defence and Security Co-operation Treaty is a joint Military alliance between France and the United Kingdom. - Franco-German Brigade is a joint French-German Brigade. - The European Union maintains a Common Security and Defence Policy Oceania[edit] - ANZUS is a joint military alliance between Australia and New Zealand. South America[edit] Intercontinental[edit] Africa and Asia[edit] Africa and North America[edit] - On 20 December 1777, Morocco became the first country to recognize the United States as an independent nation. The Moroccan-American Treaty of Friendship, formalized in 1786, is the longest unbroken treaty relationship in U.S. history, and Tangier is home to the oldest U.S. diplomatic property in the world. Asia and Europe[edit] - Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), formed in 1992 in after the collapse of the Soviet Union - Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan. - Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), formed in 1996 to counterbalance NATO expansion - China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Asia and North America[edit] - Japan and the United States entered into a security alliance following the allied occupation after WWII. - Mutual Defense Treaty (U.S.–Philippines) is a joint US-Philippine Defence Treaty. - South Korea and the United States entered into a military alliance following the Korean War. North America and Oceania[edit] - ANZUS is a joint military alliance between the United States and Australia. North America and South America[edit] South America and Africa[edit] Tri-continental[edit] - ABCA Armies, Air and Space Interoperability Council and AUSCANNZUKUS - Five Power Defence Arrangements, signed in 1971 to protect the Malaysian Peninsula, or Singapore from external or foreign aggression. - NATO, Enlarged from 1999 to include eastern European states. Twenty eight countries including the United States and Canada in North America, much of Europe, and Turkey. Global[edit] - Multinational Force and Observers - United Nations See also[edit] References[edit] - ^ Robert W. Tucker; David C. Hendrickson (1992). The Imperial Temptation: The New World Order and America's Purpose. Council on Foreign Relations. - ^ Weitsman, Dangerous Alliances, pp. 18–19. - ^ Daniel Byman (October 2006). "Remaking Alliances for the War on Terrorism". The Journal of Strategy Studies 29 (5): 767–811. Bibliography[edit] - Liska, George. Alliances and the Third World. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1968. - Pressman, Jeremy. Warring Friends: Alliance Restraint in International Politics. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2008. - Snyder, Glenn H. Alliance Politics. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1997. - Walt, Stephen. The Origins of Alliances. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1987. - Weitsman, Patricia A. Dangerous Alliances: Proponents of Peace, Weapons of War. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 2004.