1. EU: Supranational Organizations
AP Comparative Government

2. Supranationalism
As countries throughout the world interact with each other on a greater basis, globalism is supporting the idea of integration
Integration is the process that encourage states to pool their sovereignty in order to gain political, economic, and social clout
This has lead to the creation of supranational organizations
These are unions of countries that work towards similar goals

3. Integration Integration is a major concept in the idea of the EU
States are encouraged to pool their sovereignty in order to gain political, economic, and social clout
The EU is a supranational organization
A supranational union is a type of multi-national confederation or federation where negotiated power is delegated to an authority by governments of member states.

4. Supranational organizations
The United Nations
49 nations were charter members of the UN in 1945
Membership has grown to 192 nations
Membership is voluntary and has some power to force members to abide by organizational rules
The UN helps with peacekeeping, geopolitics, and international relations
The UN can request military peacekeeping force to go into areas where human rights are being violated
The Security Council may veto a proposed peacekeeping action
The U.S, Britain, France, China, and Russia are permanent members of the Security Council

5. Supranational organizations
The World Trade Organization
This organization was established in 1995 and has members who have agreed to a set of rules regarding world trade
The WTO helps negotiate and implement new trade agreements, settles disputes, and supervises members to make sure they follow the rules
Most major traders are normally involved
It can take 5 years to become a member, depending on the country and countries can be denied entry because of human rights abuses or other such issues
China was originally denied entry because of human rights violations.
Russia was denied entry until 2012 because of illiberal policies
Iran is still not allowed to join the WTO because of illiberal policies

6. Supranational organizations
World Bank
The World bang was created in 1944 to aid countries rebuild after WWII
Its focus today is loaning money to low and middle-income countries with modest interest rates
The main goals of the bank are to eliminate poverty and support economic development throughout the world
The bank also provides funding for programs to help combat disease and complete AIDs research

7. Regional Organizations
NATO
This is an organization composed of 14 European members, the U.S. and Canada. It is a mutual defense alliance.
Organization of American States (OAS)
This group was created to promote social, cultural, political, and economic links among members states
The Arab League
This group was founded to promote the interests of sovereignty of countries in the Middle East
Organization for African Unity
This has promoted the elimination of minority white-ruled governments in southern Africa