Anglo-Japanese Alliance (1902-1923)
 Satchō Alliance;  1866 alliance between the feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū
 offensive and defensive alliance
 Holy Alliance (of Russia, Austria and Prussia in 1815)
 association formed to carry out an objective
 non-alignment;  nonalignment
 Confederation of the Rhine (1806-1813)
 Delian League (the Athenian empire)
 Coalition of the Willing (nations who supported America's preemptive strike in Iraq in 2003)
 Christian Democratic Union (Germany);  Christian Democrats;  CDU
 labor federation;  labour federation
 producer-retailer alliance