Baghdad Pact

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The Baghdad Pact was a 1955 Cold War-era military alliance in the Middle East, backed by the United Kingdom and the United States, aimed at containing Soviet influence in the region.

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Label Occurrences
Baghdad Pact canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War alliance
intergovernmental organization
military alliance
aimedAt containing Soviet influence in the Middle East
regional defense cooperation
alsoKnownAs CENTO NERFINISHED
Middle East Treaty Organization NERFINISHED
backedBy United Kingdom NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
country Iran
Iraq
Pakistan
Turkey
United Kingdom
dissolutionReason withdrawal of Iran after the Iranian Revolution
dissolved 1979
founded 1955
foundedIn Baghdad NERFINISHED
geopoliticalRole link in the northern tier of Western alliances around the Soviet Union
hasMemberState Iran NERFINISHED
Iraq NERFINISHED
Pakistan NERFINISHED
Turkey NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
hasSignificantEvent Iraq’s withdrawal after the 1958 Iraqi Revolution
headquartersLocation Baghdad NERFINISHED
language Arabic
English
Persian
Turkish
legalForm multilateral treaty
nonMemberParticipant United States NERFINISHED
opposedBy Arab nationalist states NERFINISHED
Soviet Union NERFINISHED
partOf Western containment strategy
politicalContext Cold War NERFINISHED
predecessor Turco-Iraqi Pact NERFINISHED
promoted anti-communism
collective security
regionServed Middle East
South Asia
securityFocus collective defense against external aggression
shortName METO NERFINISHED
succeededBy Central Treaty Organization NERFINISHED
supportedBy United States of America
surface form: United States
treatyType mutual defense treaty

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Subject: Baghdad Pact
Description of subject: The Baghdad Pact was a 1955 Cold War-era military alliance in the Middle East, backed by the United Kingdom and the United States, aimed at containing Soviet influence in the region.

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Kingdom of Iraq signed Baghdad Pact