INGOs: International No-governmental Organizations

Classification of international organizations

Regionalism vs. Universalism

Structure Aims and activities Membership

Types of members

TGOs: Transgovernmental Organizations: governmental actor not controlled by the central foreign policy

ILOs: Mixed membership

IGOs: International Governmental organizations

Degree of independence of

institutions

More or less egalitarian

BINGOs & MNEs: Excluded making profit

Producing confrontation

Lowering levels of conflict

Strength Cooperation

General vs. Specific

Economic, social, cultural and political ties

Geographical Closeness