Anew pressure group emerged during the non-aligned movement. during a summit meeting in 1973, participating nations acknowledged their desire to develop a unique foreign-policy stance independent of both the united states and:

The correct answer is the USSR, or the Soviet Union.

The non-aligned movement was a movement of countries that didn't want to choose sides and who decided to work together. This mostly included countries found in Africa or Asia but also countries like Yugoslavia which was communist but independent from USSR after Tito clashed with Stalin.

Spain, Portugal, Britain, and France began to explore and claim the natural resources and human capital of the Americas.