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Many other countries also didn't quite fit into the easy East-versus-West dicho-
tomyembracedbytheUS,USSR,andEurope.OnJuly19,1956,theBrijuniDeclara-
tion—signedbyTito,JawaharlalNehruofIndia,andAbdelNasserofEgypt—created
the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). Members recognized each other's sovereignty
andrespectedeachleader'srighttohandledomesticissueshoweverheorshesawfit.
As Tito's international prominence grew, the list of visitors to his Brijuni Islands
hideaway began to read like a Who's Who of post-WWII world leaders. In addition
to Nehru and Nasser, Tito hosted Haile Selassie (Ethiopia), Yasser Arafat (Palestine
