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Australia is politically aligned with the "western" world (USA's sphere of influence) rather than with russia's ("Eastern bloc" at least until it fell apart) an
by gruturo 4y ago
Australia is politically aligned with the "western" world (USA's sphere of influence) rather than with russia's ("Eastern bloc" at least until it fell apart) and it's quite typical to see it listed as such, despite its location on the planet.
As we're discussing manufacturing, the opposite of the western world nowadays would be China (and India, Vietnam, etc)
- throwayyy479087 4y agoVietnam and the US are weirdly close considering what the US did to them. In 20 years, I expect relations with VN to look like our relationship with SK.
- 3np 4y agoSome people even include Japan and Korea in "the West". Unqualified, it's an ambiguous term.
- Dalewyn 4y agoI include Japan and South Korea in "the west", they share political and economical ideologies and military alliances with the USA. The term itself is an artifact of geographical considerations from the Cold War era, with Europe and Russia being west and east of the other respectively. Nowadays with Russia increasingly demonstrating their ineptitude, China is starting to fill "the east" shoes.
- Maursault 4y ago> The term itself is an artifact of geographical considerations from the Cold War era, with Europe and Russia being west and east of the other respectively. Not so much, no. The concept of the "Western World" originated in the actions of the Roman emperor Diocletian who divided the Roman Empire in 286 into two halves, each with its own separate capital, government, and church.