Question

explain the evolution and importance of regional organizations in international relations (in 300 words)

Answer 1

ROs are in a sense, international organizations as they incororate international membership and encompass geopolitcal entities that operationally transcend a single nation state. however, their membership is characterized by boundaries and demarcations characteristic to a defined and unique geography such as continents or geopolitics, such as econoic blocs. they have been established to foster cooperation and political and economic integration or dialogue among states or entities within a restrictive geographical boundary. they both reflect common patterns of development and history that have been fostered since the end of world war II as well as the fragmentation inherent in globalization . most ROs tend to work alongside well established multilateral organizations such as the united nations. while in many instances a regional organization is simply reffered to an international organization , in many others it makes sense to use the term regional organization to stress the more limited scope of a particular membership