Plural of bloc; groups of countries or political parties united by shared interests or ideology.
From French 'bloc,' used in English politics since the early 20th century to describe coalitions, particularly used during the Cold War for 'Eastern Bloc' and 'Western Bloc.'
The division of the world into 'blocs' during the Cold War—Soviet, Western, and Non-Aligned—shaped global politics for 45 years and created a vocabulary that still influences how we discuss geopolitics.
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