1) Accord 2) Accord of a sort 3) Agreement between nations 4) Agreement between states 5) Alignment 6) Alinement 7) Alliance 8) Alliance between nations 9) Alliance of a kind 10) An understanding 11) Arrangement between nations 12) Axis, of a sort 13) Coalition 14) Coalition of nations 15) Cold-war antidote 1) Pact 
Council of the Entente
[n] - an informal alliance between countries 2. [n] - a friendly understanding between political powers
entente cordiale noun a friendly understanding between political powers
an arrangement or understanding between two or more nations agreeing to follow a particular policy with regard to affairs of international concern. · an alliance of parties to such an understanding.