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Table 1.

U.S. Defense Pacts, 1945–2014

OASNATOANZUSBilateral
Antigua & Barbuda (1981) Albania (2009) Australia (1951) Israel (1962)* 
Argentina (1947) Belgium (1949) New Zealand (1951–86) Japan (1951) 
Bahamas (1982) Bulgaria (2003)  Pakistan (1959) 
Barbados (1967) Canada (1949)  Philippines (1951) 
Belize (1991) Croatia (2009)   
Bolivia (1947) Czech Republic (1999)  South Korea (1953) 
Brazil (1947) Denmark (1949)   
Chile (1947) Estonia (2003)  Taiwan (1954)* 
Colombia (1947) France (1949)   
Costa Rica (1947) Greece (1951)   
Cuba (1948–62, 2009) Hungary (1999)   
Dominica (1979) Iceland (1949)   
Dominican Republic (1947) Italy (1949)   
Ecuador (1947) Latvia (2003)   
El Salvador (1947) Lithuania (2003)   
Grenada (1975) Luxembourg (1949)   
Guatemala (1947) Netherlands (1949)   
Guyana (1991) Norway (1949)   
Haiti (1947) Poland (1999)   
Honduras (1947) Portugal (1949)   
Jamaica (1969) Romania (2003)   
Mexico (1947) Slovakia (2003)   
Nicaragua (1947) Slovenia (2003)   
Panama (1947) Spain (1981)   
Paraguay (1947) Turkey (1951)   
Peru (1947) United Kingdom (1949)   
St. Kitts & Nevis (1984) West Germany (1955–90)   
St. Lucia (1979) Germany (1990)   
St. Vincent (1981)    
Suriname (1977)    
Trinidad & Tobago (1967)    
Uruguay (1947)    
Venezuela (1947)    
OASNATOANZUSBilateral
Antigua & Barbuda (1981) Albania (2009) Australia (1951) Israel (1962)* 
Argentina (1947) Belgium (1949) New Zealand (1951–86) Japan (1951) 
Bahamas (1982) Bulgaria (2003)  Pakistan (1959) 
Barbados (1967) Canada (1949)  Philippines (1951) 
Belize (1991) Croatia (2009)   
Bolivia (1947) Czech Republic (1999)  South Korea (1953) 
Brazil (1947) Denmark (1949)   
Chile (1947) Estonia (2003)  Taiwan (1954)* 
Colombia (1947) France (1949)   
Costa Rica (1947) Greece (1951)   
Cuba (1948–62, 2009) Hungary (1999)   
Dominica (1979) Iceland (1949)   
Dominican Republic (1947) Italy (1949)   
Ecuador (1947) Latvia (2003)   
El Salvador (1947) Lithuania (2003)   
Grenada (1975) Luxembourg (1949)   
Guatemala (1947) Netherlands (1949)   
Guyana (1991) Norway (1949)   
Haiti (1947) Poland (1999)   
Honduras (1947) Portugal (1949)   
Jamaica (1969) Romania (2003)   
Mexico (1947) Slovakia (2003)   
Nicaragua (1947) Slovenia (2003)   
Panama (1947) Spain (1981)   
Paraguay (1947) Turkey (1951)   
Peru (1947) United Kingdom (1949)   
St. Kitts & Nevis (1984) West Germany (1955–90)   
St. Lucia (1979) Germany (1990)   
St. Vincent (1981)    
Suriname (1977)    
Trinidad & Tobago (1967)    
Uruguay (1947)    
Venezuela (1947)    

SOURCE: Douglas M. Gibler, International Military Alliances, 1648–2008 (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2009). The updated dataset can be accessed at http://www.correlatesofwar.org/COW2%20Data/Alliances/alliance.htm.

NOTE: OAS stands for Organization of American States; NATO for North Atlantic Treaty Organization; and ANZUS for Australian, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty.

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