Neutral and Non-Aligned European States
Neutral and  Non-Aligned European States
Membership	Austria  Finland  Sweden  Switzerland  Yugoslavia Cyprus  Malta
Area
• Total	1,176,407 km2 (454,213 sq mi)
Population
• 1971 estimate	~ 47,800,000

Neutral and Non-Aligned European States, sometimes known by abbreviationNN states,^[1][2] was aCold War era informal grouping ofstates in Europe which were neither part ofNATO norWarsaw Pact but were eitherneutral or members of theNon-Aligned Movement. The group brought together neutral countries ofAustria,Finland,Sweden andSwitzerland on one, and non-alignedSFR Yugoslavia,Cyprus andMalta on the other hand, all of which together shared interest in preservation of their independent non-bloc position with regard to NATO,European Community, Warsaw Pact and theCouncil for Mutual Economic Assistance.^[3] Established and comparatively highly developed European neutral countries perceived cooperation with non-aligned countries (particularly with SFR Yugoslavia as one of the leaders of the group) as a way to advocate for peace, disarmament and superpowers' restraint more forcefully than their limited earlier cooperation would permit.^[4]

The group cooperated within theConference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) in trying to preserve the results of theHelsinki Accords.^[5] In this framework, Yugoslavia cooperated withAustria and Finland on mediation between blocs, organized a second CSCE summit in 1977 in Belgrade and proposed drafts onnational minorities protection which are still valid and integral parts ofOSCE provisions onminority rights.^[6]

• Declaration of Neutrality
  • Austria–NATO relations
• Finlandization
  • Finland–NATO relations
• Swedish neutrality
  • Sweden–NATO relations
• Swiss neutrality
  • Switzerland–NATO relations
• Yugoslavia and the Non-Aligned Movement
  • Balkan Pact
• Cyprus and the Non-Aligned Movement
  • Cyprus–NATO relations
• Malta and the Non-Aligned Movement
  • Malta–NATO relations
• 1995 enlargement of the European Union
• 2004 enlargement of the European Union
• Neutral member states in the European Union
• Partnership for Peace
• European microstates
• Operation Gladio

• Hanna Ojanen, ed. (2003).Neutrality and non-alignment in Europe today(PDF).Finnish Institute of International Affairs.ISBN 951-769-151-3.
• Mark Kramer; Aryo Makko; Peter Ruggenthaler, eds. (2021).The Soviet Union and Cold War Neutrality and Nonalignment in Europe.Lexington Books.ISBN 9781793631930.
• S. Victor Papacosma; Mark R. Rubin, eds. (1989).Europe's neutral and nonaligned states: between NATO and the Warsaw Pact.Wilmington.ISBN 0842022694.

• Media related toNeutral and Non-Aligned European States at Wikimedia Commons

• Non-interventionism
• Foreign relations of Europe
• Political history of Austria
• Political history of Cyprus
• Political history of Finland
• Political history of Malta
• Political history of Sweden
• Political history of Switzerland
• Foreign relations of Yugoslavia
• Diplomatic umbrella groups
• Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
• Non-Aligned Movement

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