The Neutral Bloc commonly refers to the nations of Eastern Europe which have adopted some form of neutrality in relations to NATO in the west and the CSTO to the east (if not the Soviet Union as a whole). While the term has become used to refer to all neutral European states, the term was initially coined in the late 1990s in reference to the growing move by the former Eastern Bloc nations toward international neutrality following the end of the Warsaw Pact and communist rule. Many political annalists believe the move toward neutrality came about due to fears by Eastern Europeans over re-instigating the Cold War over their desires to grow closer to Western Europe. The notion of a Neutral Bloc has been regarded internationally as a major step in easing relations between the West and the Sov
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