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.

In politics it may refer to:

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 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
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 (Hong Kong), political group in Hong Kong
United People Alliance, electoral and political coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party or PCP and the Portuguese Democratic Movement or MDP

In geography it may refer to:

In fiction it may refer to:

Alliance (Star Fleet Universe), a group in the Star Fleet Universe in the General War era
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
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
The Alliance, a faction in the Warcraft Universe comprised of the Humans, Night Elves, Dwarves, and Gnomes

In other fields it may refer to:

Alliance (Bible), Torah event
Alliance Air, a low-cost carrier based in Delhi, India
Business alliance, agreement between businesses
Military alliance, agreement between two, or more, countries
The Alliance, professional wrestling faction which ostensibly consisted of World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling
The Alliance (The Office episode), an episode of the television series The Office

See also:

Confederacy (disambiguation)

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