Could non Western countries have Western countries in their sphere of influence?

I define Western nations, in this case or for this purpose, as all of the Americas, Australia, New Zealand, All of Europe, and South Africa. Like could Japan ever have Peru, Australia, and New Zealand as geopolitical allies exclusive to itself? Or could China end up having Russia as a puppet state in a world where it continues the Cold War? What about superpower India having Britain as a geopolitical ally( I can't imagine what would cause that, but it sounds cool in an ironic way.)
 
If the Cyprus reunification negotiations had succeeded at some point in the past, a Cyprus federation could be argued to be within Turkey's sphere of influence through it's influence in North Cyprus. Given that Cyprus is in the EU it can probably be considered a Western country.
 
If the Cyprus reunification negotiations had succeeded at some point in the past, a Cyprus federation could be argued to be within Turkey's sphere of influence through it's influence in North Cyprus. Given that Cyprus is in the EU it can probably be considered a Western country.
If it's in the EU, I guess it's considered a European country and thus Western.
 
Some people have argued the USSR was not Western. If you think so then them having places like East Germany and Czechoslovakia in their sphere means yes.
 
Some people have argued the USSR was not Western. If you think so then them having places like East Germany and Czechoslovakia in their sphere means yes.
I honestly can't tell, but some non Western nations may consider the USSR to have been Western, so for the purposes of this thread, the USSR doesn't count.
 
Give another 20 years and it won't be a surprise to see Australia and NZ finding their strategic interests aligning with their now dominant trading partner.
 
Could this happen earlier?
Yes. We're already starting to see it as a point of political division in Australia, with the Liberal party identifying themselves as more committed to the American alliance and accusing the Labour party of being influenced by China. Labour, like most left parties, has historically been less in sync with American policies then it's rightwing counterpart, so I'd wouldn't be surprised if this division(presently in it's infancy, and not really having received much attention) will become a full-blown schism.

My point is, if it's happening now then it could probably have happened a few years earlier.
 
I define Western nations, in this case or for this purpose, as all of the Americas, Australia, New Zealand, All of Europe, and South Africa. Like could Japan ever have Peru, Australia, and New Zealand as geopolitical allies exclusive to itself? Or could China end up having Russia as a puppet state in a world where it continues the Cold War? What about superpower India having Britain as a geopolitical ally( I can't imagine what would cause that, but it sounds cool in an ironic way.)

Colonel Gadaffi´s Lybia had Malta in its sphere of influence for some time and tried to draw it towards the Arab world and against the West. the Maltese leader Dom Mintoff and Gadaffi had been allies until their fallout.
 
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At one point there was a proposal to move the Portuguese capital to Angola and rethink the country as a multi continental entity. That could have led to a situation where Portugal was under the influence of Angola.
It was never a viable preposition OTL
 
If we're considering South America, Central America and South Africa as western, why not ALL of subsaharan Africa, or at least the former western colonies and/or Christian majority nations among them? With Chinese influence, that gives you a lot of room for considering nations to be in a non-western sphere.

That said, I'll admit it doesn't quite "feel" right to consider a lot of the subsaharan countires as western, but then, I could say the same thing about El Salvador or Haiti.
 
If we're considering South America, Central America and South Africa as western, why not ALL of subsaharan Africa, or at least the former western colonies and/or Christian majority nations among them? With Chinese influence, that gives you a lot of room for considering nations to be in a non-western sphere.

That said, I'll admit it doesn't quite "feel" right to consider a lot of the subsaharan countires as western, but then, I could say the same thing about El Salvador or Haiti.
I can understand South Africa not being considered Western, but why not central and South America? They do speak a European language there predominantly, and the people there are heavily Westernized as most nations commonly have European ancestry to varying degrees. I only put South Africa as Western since a good amount of European descended people live there, not to mention all the mixed race there as well. I actually considered putting Israel, but I didn't because I was afraid of arguments that would occur.
 
I think what the OP means by "western" is countries that are predominantly European, white, and Christian in extraction.
 
I think what the OP means by "western" is countries that are predominantly European, white, and Christian in extraction.
No, I mean countries that have been inspired by Greco-Roman ideas, or at least, more specifically, speak a European language, predominantly. I actually find it VERY insulting when people leave Latin America out of the Western world.
 
No, I mean countries that have been inspired by Greco-Roman ideas, or at least, more specifically, speak a European language, predominantly. I actually find it VERY insulting when people leave Latin America out of the Western world.
So is the Philippines a western country?
 
If current trends continue, I would say that Bulgaria becoming at least partially part of the Turkish sphere of influence (of course while still being part of the American sphere of influence) is not that unlikely.
 
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