Talk:Western Bloc

Definition of "neutral"
In the map on this page, several countries are marked as "neutral".

In the article on neutrality, it's correctly and clearly stated that neutrality is referring to wars. Is it then appropriate, according to Wikipedia consensus, to consider the Cold War as a war in this respect? Can it then be shown which countries were, de facto or de jure, neutral during the Cold War? /Johan M. Olofsson (talk) 18:48, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

The whole article is unreferenced. But as I understand from the picture, "neutral" marks the European states which were neither Communist, nor NATO. Staszek Lem (talk) 19:10, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

This map is vague to the point of being useless - why is Iran considered a "Western bloc" country but Pakistan (a U.S. strategic ally and member of SEATO) considered neutral? If membership in a defense treaty with the U.S.A. is a prerequisite for "western bloc" why is most of Latin America considered "neutral" when in fact all but Cuba and a few ex-British colonies were part of the Organization of American States? 68.32.209.67 (talk) 15:26, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Map Ambiguity
The legend for the "Political situation..." map cites France as a "Neutral country, Western-aligned". Color: light blue. But the color on the map graphic (dark blue) identifies it as a "Western-aligned country". Which was intended? Rcrowley7 (talk) 19:00, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Is this a joke?
Why is Angola, Namibia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe added as first world led by US when these countries were still under occupation by either the Portuguese or the Apartheid SA gvt? Nlivataye (talk) 10:12, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

IP edit
Dear IP, please gain consensus for this in the talk, thank you!(KIENGIR (talk) 19:04, 17 February 2021 (UTC))

Finland, Sweden
Finland has been ratified and will join NATO April 2023. Finland to formally join NATO with days. Sweden is expected to join July or later 2023. Sweden-NATO relations They also regularly do military exercises with NATO countries. Many "Other" countries also do military exercises with NATO. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Firejack007 (talk • contribs) 22:40, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

d. Head of Revolutionary Council.
''After the 1953 Iranian coup d'état, Pahlavi aligned Iran with the Western Bloc and cultivated a close relationship with the United States to consolidate his power as an authoritarian ruler. Relying heavily on American support amidst the Cold War, he remained the Shah of Iran for 26 years after the coup, effectively keeping the country from swaying towards the influence of the Eastern Bloc and the Soviet Union.[6][7] Beginning in 1963, Pahlavi implemented a number of reforms aimed at modernizing Iranian society, in 37.131.111.160 (talk) 09:06, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

what is known as the White Revolution. In light of his continued vocal opposition to the modernization campaign after being arrested twice, Khomeini was exiled from Iran in 1964. However, as major ideological tensions persisted between Pahlavi and Khomeini, anti-government demonstrations began in October 1977, eventually developing into a campaign of civil resistance that included elements of secularism and Islamism.[8][9][10] In August 1978, the deaths of between 377 and 470 people in the Cinema Rex fire — claimed by the opposition as having been orchestrated by Pahlavi's SAVAK — came to serve as a catalyst for a popular 37.131.111.160 (talk) 09:07, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

revolutionary movement across all of Iran,[11][12] and large-scale strikes and demonstrations paralyzed the entire country for the remainder of that year. On 16 January 1979, Pahlavi left the country and went into exile as the last Iranian monarch,[13] leaving behind his duties to Iran's Regency Council and Shapour Bakhtiar, the opposition-based Iranian prime minister. On 1 February 1979, Khomeini returned to Iran, following an invitation by the government;[6][14] several thousand Iranians gathered to greet him as he landed in the capital city of Tehran.[15] By 11 February 1979, the 37.131.111.160 (talk) 09:07, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

monarchy was officially brought down and Khomeini assumed leadership over Iran while guerrillas and rebel troops overwhelmed Pahlavi loyalists in armed combat.[16][17] Following the March 1979 Islamic Republic referendum, in which 98% of Iranian voters approved the country's shift to an Islamic republic, the new government began efforts to draft the present-day Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran;[18][8][9][19][20] Khomeini emerged as the Supreme Leader of Iran in December 1979.[21] The success of the Iranian Revolution was met with surprise around the world,[22] and 37.131.111.160 (talk) 09:08, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

was considered by many to be unusual in nature: it lacked many of the customary causes of revolutionary sentiment (e.g., defeat in war, a financial crisis, peasant rebellion, or disgruntled military);[23] occurred in a country that was experiencing relative prosperity;[6][20] produced profound change at great speed;[24] was massively popular; resulted in the massive exile that characterizes a large portion of today's Iranian diaspora;[25] and replaced a pro-Western secular[26] and authoritarian monarchy[6] with an anti-Western Islamist theocracy[6][19][20][27] that was based on the concept of Velâyat-e Faqih (or 37.131.111.160 (talk) 09:10, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist), straddling between authoritarianism and totalitarianism.[28] In addition to these, the Iranian Revolution sought the spread of Shia Islam across the Middle East through the ideological tenets of Khomeinism — particularly as a means of uprooting the region's status quo, which favoured Sunni Islam.[29] After the consolidation of Khomeinist factions, Iran began to back Shia militancy across the region in an attempt to combat Sunni influence and establish Iranian dominance within the Arab world, ultimately aiming to achieve an Iranian-led Shia political order.[30] 37.131.111.160 (talk) 09:11, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

�. Other shortcomings of the previous regime.
The Shah's regime was seen as an oppressive, brutal,[35][36] corrupt, and lavish regime by some of the society's classes at that time.[35][37] It also suffered from some basic functional failures that brought economic bottlenecks, shortages, and inflation.[38] The Shah was perceived by many as beholden to—if not a puppet of—a non-Muslim Western power (i.e., the United States)[39][40] whose culture was affecting that of Iran. At the same time, support for the Shah may have waned among Western politicians and media— 37.131.111.160 (talk) 09:13, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

especially under the administration of U.S. President Jimmy Carter—as a result of the Shah's support for OPEC petroleum price increases earlier in the decade.[41] When President Carter enacted a human-rights policy which said that countries guilty of human-rights violations would be deprived of American arms or aid, this helped give some Iranians the courage to post open letters and petitions in the hope that the repression by the government might subside.[42] The Revolution that substituted the monarchy of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi with Islam and Khomeini is 37.131.111.160 (talk) 09:13, 16 February 2024 (UTC)