axis

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

International relations: international politics & government
accession
allied
Anglo-American
anti-Stalinist
bipolar
G7
GATT
Geneva Convention
geopolitical
internationalism
internationalize
NATO
occupied
pariah
the G8
the new world order
the North-South divide
the World Trade Organization
unipolar
WTO

bloc | American Dictionary

bloc
noun[ C ]
us/blɑk/
politics & government
a group of countries or people that have similar goals and work together to achieve them:
a powerful voting bloc

bloc | Business English

bloc
noun[ C ]
uk /blɒk/us
ECONOMICS, POLITICS
a group of countries who share the same economic and financial aims, and who do business with each other with reduced taxes:
EU heads of state agreed on the bloc's environmental goals at a meeting on March 9.
trade/trading blocThey would like to turn Europe and North America into a single trading bloc.
FINANCE
a currency bloc