Which international organization represented countries not aligned with either the Western or Eastern blocs during the Cold War?

• A. NATO
• B. Non-Aligned Movement
• C. Warsaw Pact
• D. League of Nations

Answer: (B)

During the Cold War, many countries chose not to align with either the United States-led Western bloc or the Soviet-led Eastern bloc. The Non-Aligned Movement is the international grouping that represents those states, giving them a forum to pursue independent foreign policies, support decolonization, and promote peace without being drawn into bloc rivalry. It unified newly independent nations across Asia, Africa, and Latin America around sovereignty, nonalignment, and mutual cooperation.

NATO and the Warsaw Pact are explicit military alliances tied to one side of the divide—NATO with the Western bloc and the Warsaw Pact with the Eastern bloc. The League of Nations, meanwhile, existed mainly in the interwar period and did not embody Cold War bloc politics.