The world is rapidly dividing into two factions. It started with the russia and ukraine war that started about three years ago, when the US and Western countries came together in support of Ukraine. At the same time, countries like china and north korea were seen standing with Russia. As the heat of the war moved towards West Asia, some more countries in the world started joining these factions.

The strategic situation of the world currently divided into two factions reminds us of the Cold war that started after the Second World War.When the world was divided into two factions in the competition that started between America and Soviet Russia.In a way, the Cold war was a battle of ideologies, in which on one side were the capitalist countries led by America and on the other side were the countries with communist ideology in support of Soviet Russia.However, even in this situation, there were some countries which were called third world countries.Let us know which were these countries and why were they called third worldcountries?

The world was getting divided into two camps

After the Second World war, America and the Soviet Union were the most powerful countries of that time.Both countries were expanding their ideology to establish their supremacy in the whole world. This battle of ideologies turned the world into a battlefield. Power started changing in the countries of the world, many countries got caught in civil war.At the same time, America and the Soviet Union started increasing their power in different areas instead of fighting the war directly. This was the period when there was a competition between the two superpowers to send satellites into space, both the countries were engaged in increasing the number of nuclear weapons. In this battle of supremacy between America and the Soviet Union, the world was divided into two camps.The countries of the first world were those who were with America, while the countries of the second world were those who supported the Soviet Union.

Who were the third world countries?

At the time of the Cold war, there were some countries that were neutral. They were neither with America nor with the Soviet Union. These countries were called third world countries.These were mostly countries which were economically weak, non-industrial and developing countries. The third world countries also included countries from Africa, Latin America, Oceania and some Asian countries. As far as india is concerned, India can also be included in the third worldcountries. However, india was the first country which represented the Non-Aligned Movement for the first time.