se organizations’ places within the world sphere. Thus, the intergovernmental organizations that are going to be discussed within this essay include the United Nations – including its significant branches – the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the European Union, the African Union, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). These seven organizations provide a focal point for global affairs and show the reach of obdurate transnational organizations as they exist, both politically and economically. Also, these organizations have faults that the people under these organizations have to follow that seem unjust and are a cause for protest. However, before a broad and advanced understanding of transnational organizations and their capacity can be achieved, a basic level of comprehension must be achieved. An intergovernmental organization is an organization that is composed principally of sovereign states or other intergovernmental organizations (Denniston, 2017). Thus, it is contained of multiple countries working as a collective to reach a common good, be it political, economic, or even social. After understanding that intergovernmental organizations focus on a commonality to tackle global issues, how they go about complete that task is the next issue at hand. These organizations tackle issues by joining the resources given to them by the member states into one concerted and shared fund. The largest transnational organization, the United Nations, collects funds through both voluntary and assessed contributions, according to the United Nations Library. This means that, based on a country’s GDP, a certain amount of money goes to the United Nations after an assessment. This assessment includes how stable the country the country is overall and of it has the actual ability to supply the money. After collecting these funds, the UN puts these funds into its main organs, including, but not limited to, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the United Nations Security Council, which impact and support global change along with global cooperation. This same method is used by the major intergovernmental organizations; however other organizations add more on top of this to create robust along with effective change. Additions include protecting other nations, as seen in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, entering a free movement and currency structure, as seen in the European Union with the Euro, and trade implications, which is seen within the North American Free Trade Agreement. These additions have been proven to foster a sense of global cooperation. This is because these intergovernmental organizations were born to combat the changes of a polarized, war torn world. For instance, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed in 1949, in response to the Soviet Union’s aggression in the European continent (Lindley-French, 2006). After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization became a signal of governments cooperating and protecting each other from any threats faced in the modern age. The same foundational elements are seen in the development of the European Union. Founded after World War II and the Cold War on November 1st, 1993, to prevent another bloody war that would tear Europe apart, a Union was formed to keep nation-states at bay and instead of focusing all economic and political power and war, focus all of it on cooperation in a global sense. (Dinan, 1999) These same founding principles are seen within the African Union, save for the right of free-movement and currency. Founded after the >