Chapter 20
Taking In the International Stage
In This Chapter
Establishing the United Nations
Monitoring financial groups – the G8 and G20
Forming trading blocs
Partnering with the World Trade Organisation
Noting the rise of China
Joining NATO for military support
You live in a rapidly changing, globalising world. What goes on in neighbouring nations and faraway countries has an impact, both big and small, on your life and the prospects for the UK as a whole. In this chapter, I cast the net far and wide to outline the big international organisations whose actions are helping to shape the world in the 21st century. If you want to know more about the wider world, this is the chapter for you!
Starting at the Top: The United Nations
The United Nations, or UN, as it’s most commonly known, is the closest thing the planet has ever had to a world government. No fewer than 193 nations are members ...
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