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Regional and International Organizations

Regional and International Organizations

A survey of the world's major regional and international organizations, from the European Union and NATO to the African Union, ASEAN, and the other blocs that structure contemporary global politics.

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  1. Building the European Union. From the 1950 Schuman Declaration to Maastricht: how the ECSC, EEC, and single market built the EU.
  2. The EU Today: Institutions, Euro, and Brexit. EU institutions, the euro, enlargement to 27 members, and the UK's 2020 departure via Brexit.
  3. NATO: Collective Defense From the Cold War to Today. NATO's 1949 founding, Article 5 collective defense, Cold War rivalry, and post-1999 enlargement.
  4. Regional Organizations in the Americas and Africa. The OSCE, OAS, and Pan-Americanism, plus the OAU's 2002 transformation into the African Union.
  5. African, Arab, and Gulf Regionalism. Africa's ECOWAS, SADC, and EAC, plus the Arab League and the Gulf Cooperation Council.
  6. Asian Regionalism: ASEAN, SAARC, and the SCO. ASEAN's 1967 founding and 'ASEAN Way,' its economic community, SAARC's paralysis, and the SCO.
  7. Cultural, Economic, and Informal Governance Forums. The Commonwealth, Francophonie, OECD, G7/G20, development banks, and the Eurasian Economic Union.
  8. Other Regional Blocs and the Future of Regionalism. Mercosur, Pacific regionalism, democracy-defense mechanisms, and competing US-China-EU spheres.

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1Building the European Union
2NATO: Collective Defense From the Cold War to Today
3African, Arab, and Gulf Regionalism
4Asian Regionalism: ASEAN, SAARC, and the SCO
5Other Regional Blocs and the Future of Regionalism

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Further reading

Bibliography and cited sources used to create this module.

  • Dinan, D. (2010). Ever Closer Union: An Introduction to European Integration (4th ed.). Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
  • Karns, M. P., Mingst, K. A., and Stiles, K. W. (2015). International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance (3rd ed.). Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
  • Kaplan, L. S. (2004). NATO Divided, NATO United: The Evolution of an Alliance. Westport: Praeger.
  • Acharya, A. (2001). Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia: ASEAN and the Problem of Regional Order. London: Routledge.
  • Murithi, T. (2005). The African Union: Pan-Africanism, Peacebuilding and Development. Aldershot: Ashgate.
  • European Union. "The Schuman Declaration – 9 May 1950." European Union official website. https://european-union.europa.eu/principles-countries-history/history-eu/1945-59/schuman-declaration-may-1950_en