Power and alliances
Which countries are on the US, EU and UK sanctions lists, to which China committed loans and grants, which belong to 19 groupings of countries, and how 11 of those groupings grew. Each map shows one source’s own figures for each country, with the year they cover.
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under 112,000+No data
SanctionsIn 2026, 9,021 entries on the US, EU and UK sanctions lists give Russia as an address or nationality (counts entries, not how strict the measures are): 35% of the entries with a country, and 50% for the top three countries.
Sanctions list entries by country, 2026
Open sanctionsSource: US CSL; EU sanctions list; UK Sanctions List2026Updated 12 Nov 2026
<$1.4 bn$100 bn+No data
Chinese loans and grantsChina committed $170 bn in loans and grants to Russia between 2000 and 2021, 11% of the total; 28% was committed to the top three countries.
Chinese loans and grants, 2000–2021, US$ (2021 prices)
Open Chinese loans and grantsSource: AidData, Global Chinese Development Finance Dataset 3.02000–2021Updated 25 Oct 2026
under 1005,000+No nuclear weapons in FAS’s count
Nuclear weaponsRussia has the most estimated warheads, 4,400, then the United States with 3,700; together they hold 83% of the world’s estimated total in early 2026.
Estimated warheads, early 2026
Open nuclear weaponsSource: FAS, via Our World in Data2026, estimatedUpdated 2 Nov 2026
18+In none of them
Blocs94 countries and territories belong to at least one of these 19 groupings; Russia and the United States belong to the most, 9 each.
Groupings each country belongs to, of 19
Open blocsSource: Membership: the groupings’ own member listsMembers as of 10 Nov 2026
Joined that yearMemberLeft that yearFormer memberNot a member
Membership historyNATO began in 1949 with 12 members. In 2026 it had 32 members. Membership changed in 11 years, including the 1949 founding; German reunification in 1990 also brought in the former East Germany.
Membership, 2026
Open membership historySource: The groupings’ own member lists and histories2026
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The United States, China and Russia, then the countries ranked first on most of this topic’s maps of world shares, volumes and counts.
- United StatesIn the top three on 1 of this topic’s maps
- ChinaIn the top three on 2 of this topic’s maps
- RussiaFirst on Chinese loans and grants, Chinese loans and grants for industry and mining and 5 more
- IranFirst on Chinese loans and grants for transport
- PakistanFirst on Chinese loans and grants for energy
- ArgentinaFirst on Chinese loans and grants to banks
- VenezuelaFirst on Chinese loans and grants for other sectors
Sources for this topic: US CSL; EU sanctions list; UK Sanctions List; AidData, Global Chinese Development Finance Dataset 3.0; FAS, via Our World in Data; Membership: the groupings’ own member lists; The groupings’ own member lists and historiesHow we measureAll sources