||It is important to note that a neutral country takes no side in a war between other parties and, in return, hopes to avoid being attacked by them. A neutralist policy aims at neutrality, in case of an armed conflict that could involve the party in question. A neutralist is an advocate of neutrality, in international affairs. The concept of neutrality in conflicts is distinct from non-alignment, i.e., the willful desistance from military alliances in order to preserve neutrality, in case of war, and, perhaps, with the hope of preventing a war altogether.||
