[michalskop]

I'm from central-eastern Europe and I feel the same. I've spent a few years in Latin America and I'd call both the regions "new" or "satellite" or "not-core" West. Germany or the US may be the original core West, but LatAm and CEEurope are West, too.

Whether to include also Russia, that would be my question.

[unixhero]

Russia is certainly out since they don't share even the same alphabet.

[adam-a]

Yes, and out with Greece too!

[ithkuil]

Yeah, I guess alphabet is out too. It's abecedary in the West!

[pbhjpbhj]

Russia is not part of, nor "recently" founded from, nor relatively heavily influenced by, Western Europe.

I don't know why there's a rush to identify as Western; usually it's used pejoratively.