Western Europe is mainly a socio-political concept coined, forged and used during the Cold War. It largely means the European countries of the First World. It was, and still is to a lesser extent, distinguished from Eastern Europe by differences of economics, politics, and religion rather than by clear geography. These boundaries are subject to considerable overlap and – most importantly – historical fluctuation, which makes an easy understanding somewhat difficult. Read more at Wikipedia


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The specific socioeconomic conditions that enabled both liberalism and democracy were particular to Western Europe and America. - Published on 2013-05-20 19:35:00 by Economic Times

The specific socioeconomic conditions that enabled both liberalism and democracy were particular to Western Europe and America.

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A Free Syrian Army fighter holds his weapon in Raqqa province in eastern Syria. Hundreds of Western youths in Europe, some as young as 15, have disappeared from their schools and homes and turned up in Syria. (May 6, 2013)

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The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe 1944-1945. Rick Atkinson. holt. 896 pages.$40.
 
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An elderly Uighur man inspects freshly slaughtered lamb for sale at a Uighur market in central Urumqi, Xinjiang, September 14, 2006. Among the casualties of the 'war on terror' are the largely forgotten Muslim peoples of Xinjiang. This huge area is almost as large as the whole of Western Europe and was traditionally inhabited by the Muslim Uighurs, Kazaks, and some smaller groups. However, the last two decades have seen a massive influx of Han Chinese migrants and the native Muslim population is in danger of being outnumbered in its own heartland. Resentment against Han Chinese political and cultural domination simmers and has sometimes erupted into riots and even warfare. (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver) - Published on 2013-04-24 08:21:00 by United Press International

An elderly Uighur man inspects freshly slaughtered lamb for sale at a Uighur market in central Urumqi, Xinjiang, September 14, 2006. Among the casualties of the 'war on terror' are the largely forgotten Muslim peoples of Xinjiang. This huge area is almost as large as the whole of Western Europe and was traditionally inhabited by the Muslim Uighurs, Kazaks, and some smaller groups. However, the last two decades have seen a massive influx of Han Chinese migrants and the native Muslim population is in danger of being outnumbered in its own heartland. Resentment against Han Chinese political and cultural domination simmers and has sometimes erupted into riots and even warfare. (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver)

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