4    Western bloc organisations

core military alliances 

• NATO (USA, Canada, W Europe - now expanded to former E Europe)
• US alliances with Japan, Australia, NZ etc.

economic structure:

• Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD: all advanced Western countries - includes neutral states
• European Economic Community > European Community > EU

political leadership

• G7: Group of 7 major Western states - US, Canada, Japan, UK, Britain, France, Germany 
• G8 now includes Russia