#alinement__alliance__coalition__alignment  an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
  exclusion:  nonalignment
  supertype:  organization__organisation  a group of people who work together
  member:  ally
  subtype:  combination.alinement  an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes)
     subtype:  combination_in_restraint_of_trade  any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to anti-trust laws of the United States)
  subtype:  allies  an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy
  subtype:  bloc__axis  a group of countries in special alliance
     subtype:  sterling_area__sterling_bloc__scheduled_territories__scheduledterritorie  the group of countries whose currencies are tied to the British pound sterling
  subtype:  entente__entente_cordiale__ententecordiale  an informal alliance between countries
  subtype:  popular_front__popularfront  a leftist coalition organized against a common opponent
  subtype:  world_organization__worldorganization__international_organization__internationalorganization  an international alliance involving many different countries
     subtype:  community.world_organization  a group of nations having common interests; "they hoped to join the NATO community"
     subtype:  commonwealth.world_organization  a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another
        subtype:  British_Commonwealth__Commonwealth_of_Nations  an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and its dependencies and many former British colonies that are now sovereign states but owe allegiance to the British Crown
     subtype:  World_Trade_Organization__WTO  an international organization based in Geneva that monitors and enforces rules governing global trade
     instance:  Arab_League  European_Union__EU__European_Community__EC__European_Economic_Community__EEC__Common_Market__Europe  NATO__North_Atlantic_Treaty_Organization  Organization_of_American_States__OAS  Organization_of_Petroleum-Exporting_Countries__OPEC  Commonwealth_of_Independent_States__CIS  United_Nations__UN

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