ACTORS IN IR

STATES A territorial entity controlled by a government and inhabited populations State government answers to no higher authority ***Not states in the United States. State refers to what you have grown up calling countries***

NATIONS Groups of people who share a sense of national identity, usually a language and culture

NATIONS Conflict arises when people of a nationality are not recognized by the sovereign state Reason for most of the conflict in the Middle East

INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS Organizations whose members are national governments UN OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) World Trade Organization (WTO) NATO

NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS Private organizations with political, humanitarian, or economical purpose Multinational Corporations (MNC’s) terrorist organizations Greenpeace