[[File:Collective West.PNG|right|300px|thumb|"The world", "international community" or "civilized nations" as seen through the eyes of Western political [[elitism|leadership]].]]
[[File:Collective West.PNG|right|300px|thumb|"The world", "international community" or "civilized nations" as seen through the eyes of Western political [[elitism|leadership]].]]
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The '''Collective West''', sometimes referred to as the [[Western alliance]], refers to the [[NATO]] treaty alliance association, the [[European Union]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[Japan]] and [[South Korea]].
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The '''Collective West''', sometimes referred to as the [[Western alliance]], refers to the [[NATO]] treaty alliance association, the [[European Union]], the efforts to [[expand NATO]] through the [[AUKUS]] alliance to [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[Japan]] and [[South Korea]].
[[File:LGBTQ acceptance map by country.png|300px|left|thumb|2018 map of the collective West and "[[LGBT]] acceptance".]]
[[File:LGBTQ acceptance map by country.png|300px|left|thumb|2018 map of the collective West and "[[LGBT]] acceptance".]]