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International Institutions & Global Governance

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A view of the meeting room at the start of a NATO defense ministers meeting on June 12, 1997 at the NATO headquarters in Brussels.

Timelines

NATO: The World's Largest Alliance

Flags are pictured outside the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

Resource Collections

Global Governance: Introduction

European Union flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

Readings

Six Essential International Organizations You Need to Know

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Readings

The Paris Agreement

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Readings

What Are the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund?

Staff members set up Chinese and U.S. flags for a meeting between Chinese Transport Minister Li Xiaopeng and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao in Beijing

Readings

What Happened When China Joined the WTO?

New recruits of the Chinese Navy fleet stand with their guns during the parade marking the end of their first training session in Qingdao

Readings

What Is International Law?

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Videos

What Is the Liberal World Order?

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Readings

What Is the UN Security Council?

A medical worker in protective suit checks the body temperature of a car passenger at a checkpoint outside the city of Yueyang

Readings

What Is the World Health Organization?

PROTESTERS BLOCK POLICE LINE AT WTO CONFERENCE.

Readings

What Is the World Trade Organization?

Resource Collections

Flags are pictured outside the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

Global Governance: Introduction