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Alliance

An alliance can be:

an agreement between two parties, made in order to advance common goals and to secure common interests. See also:
- a military alliance formed between states
- a business alliance formed between organisations
- alliances in the Bible
Alliance is a name of several political parties:
a New Zealand political party, the Alliance
a Canadian political party, the Canadian Alliance
a Northern_Ireland political party, Alliance
the former name of the Malaysian political coalition currently known as the Barisan Nasional (National Front).
Alliance is also the name of a number of places
- in the United States of America:
- and in Canada:
  - Alliance, Alberta
  - Alliance, Ontario
  - Belle-Alliance Electoral District, Quebec
a group in the Star Fleet Universe, the General War-era Alliance
a common name for (ostensibly) democratic, "good-guy" (often, but not always) star-nations in various science fiction universes - Babylon 5's Earth Alliance, Star Wars's Rebel Alliance, Firefly's Anglo-Sino Alliance, et cetera.

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