Alliance

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An alliance is an agreement between two or more parties, made in order to advance common goals and to secure common interests. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance between England (succeeded by the United Kingdom) and Portugal is the oldest alliance in the world which is still in force. It was signed in 1373.

An alliance may refer to:

Politics

Alberta Alliance Party, right wing political party in Alberta, Canada
Alliance, the former name of the Barisan Nasional in Malaysia
Alliance (Iceland), political party in Iceland
Alliance (New Zealand political party), left-wing political party in New Zealand politics
Alliance 90, an alliance of 3 opposition groups in East Germany
Alliance for Chile, a political coalition that includes Chiles two rightwing parties RN and UDI
Alliance for Sweden, an electoral and governing (since September 2006) political coalition between the Moderate Party, Centre Party, Liberal People's Party and Christian Democrats
Alliance for the planet (L’Alliance pour la planète)
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland, political party operating in Northern Ireland
Canadian Alliance, Canadian right-of-centre conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003
Fijian Alliance, a former political party in Fiji
Melanesian Alliance Party, a political party in Papua New Guinea
People's Alliance Party, a political party in the Solomon Islands
ProLife Alliance, a political party in the United Kingdom
SDP-Liberal Alliance, electoral alliance of the Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Party in the United Kingdom that operated from 1981 to 1988
The Alliance, the predecessor of the Barisan Nasional political coalition in Malaysia.
The Alliance (Hong Kong), political group in Hong Kong
Tongmenghui (or "Revolutionary Alliance"), a Chinese underground resistance movement which operated in Japan from 1905 to 1912
United Iraqi Alliance, a political coalition in Iraq
United People Alliance, electoral and political coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party or PCP and the Portuguese Democratic Movement or MDP
National Alliance (disambiguation), several political parties
National Democratic Alliance, several political parties
New Alliance Party (disambiguation), several political parties

Business

Alliance (1904 automobile), an early German automobile
Alliance (1905 automobile), an early French automobile
Alliance Air, a low-cost carrier based in Delhi, India
Alliance Airlines, a charter airline based in Brisbane, Australia
Alliance Atlantis, a Toronto-based media company
Alliance Entertainment, an independent distributor of music, movies, and game software
Alliance Records, a record label
Alliance Semiconductor, an electronic chip maker in Santa Clara, California
Alliance & Leicester, a British bank
Business alliance, an agreement between businesses

Geography

United States

Other

Alliance, Suriname

Surname

David Alliance, Baron Alliance, a British businessman and Liberal Democrat politician

Fiction

Alliance of Twelve from the Alias TV series
Anglo-Sino Alliance, powerful government and law-enforcement organization that controls a large sector of colonized "core planets" in the Firefly television series
Earth Alliance (Babylon 5), fictional alliance of the countries of Earth in the television series Babylon 5
Earth Alliance (Gundam), a military alliance that controls most of the Earth in the Japanese anime TV series Gundam Seed
Ferengi Alliance, fictional extraterrestrial race from the Star Trek universe
Rebel Alliance, interstellar political resistance force formed in direct military opposition to the Galactic Empire in the fictional Star Wars universe
United Alliance of Evil from the Power Rangers TV series

Other fields

Alliance (Bible), Torah event
Christian and Missionary Alliance, an evangelical Christian denomination
The Alliance (professional wrestling), professional wrestling faction which ostensibly consisted of World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling
The Alliance (dancehall), a group of dancehall artists founded by Bounty Killer
The Alliance (The Office episode), an episode of the television series The Office
Alliance To End Hulkamania, professional wrestling stable in World Championship Wrestling
In taxonomy, a division between subtribe and genus
Military alliance, an agreement between two, or more, countries
The Alliance Theatre Company, based in Atlanta, Georgia
The PC Gaming Alliance, a non-profit organisation aimed at promoting PC gaming