Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:

Initial Post Instructions
Pick one international organization (UN, EU, ICC, etc.). Explain its mission and function. Assess how issues of state sovereignty are dealt with for member countries. Use evidence (cite sources) to support your response from assigned readings or online lessons, and at least one outside scholarly source.

Follow-Up Post Instructions
Respond to at least two peers or one peer and the instructor. Further the dialogue by providing more information and clarification. Minimum of 1 scholarly source, which can include your textbook or assigned readings or may be from your additional scholarly research.

Class,

What is NATO (Links to an external site.)?  Why do countries want to join NATO?  What is NATO’s purpose? Has it changed at all?  Is NATO an obsolete relic of the Cold War (Magstadt, 532)?

Sam

PS  There are a lot of international organizations besides NATO out there to choose from, so have some fun identifying and exploring them!  If you want to talk NATO, you can do so right here!!

reference: Magstadt, T. M. (2017). Understanding politics: Ideas, institutions, and issues. Australia: Cengage Learning.