North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an international organization established in 1949, made up of US, Canada and a group of European states, having the aim of maintaining international peace.
An economic and political grouping that was formed (1993) to extend the European Community by adding common foreign and security policies to the single market. MORE
From The Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economy
The Andean Community (CAN), as this organization is currently known, is a regional integration agreement among Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
Extension of political and economic control over an area by a state whose nationals have occupied the area and usually possess organizational or technological superiority over the native population.
From The Sage Dictionary of Cultural Studies The modern nation-state is a relatively recent historical invention so that most of the human species have never participated in any kind of state nor identified with one.