POLITICAL SCIENCE: Research Guide

The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945, currently made up of 193 member states.

The EU is a unique economic and political partnership between 27 European countries that together cover much of the continent.

A political and military alliance with 30 member countries across North America and Europe.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an organization of 189 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world.

The World Bank Group consists of five organizations: The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, The International Development Association, The International Finance Corporation, The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, and The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. The goal is to help producers of goods and services, exporters, and importers conduct their business.

Amnesty International keeps vigilant watch on the rights of people around the world and publishes hundreds of independent reports based on rigorous research, free of corporate and government influence.

Each year, Human Rights Watch publishes more than 100 reports and briefings on human rights conditions in some 90 countries.

The International Criminal Court (ICC), governed by the Rome Statute, is the first permanent, treaty based, international criminal court established to help end impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes of concern to the international community.

The Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.

Country and relationship information produced by the U.S. Department of State.