non-alignment
Noun
Meaning
non-alignment (countable and uncountable, plural non-alignments)
Alternative form of nonalignment
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For Nkrumah, non-alignment meant complete independence from the policies and alliances of both East and West and support for a worldwide union of so-called non-aligned nations as a counter to both East and West power blocs.
Diệm's attitude toward India was not harmonized due to India's non-alignment policy, which Diệm assumed favor of communism.
Money did talk; but social democracy, non-alignment and utopian internationalism all played their part in accommodating different kinds of teams in the tournament.
Under the NDC, Ghana remains committed to the principle of non-alignment in world politics.
The Turkish president is fashioning his own 21st-century non-alignment policy, a unique blend of nationalism, historical grievance, Islamist brotherhood and outsized ambition.
It could be perhaps said that the country's policy of neutrality has been moderated to "military non-alignment" with an emphasis on maintaining a competent independent defence.