BÖLGESEL ÖRGÜTLER

Most of the literature on integration concentrates on the case of the European since it is the only supranational organization. There are also examples of some other organizations who try to integrate in several fields in a limited way, EU is still the best example of how integration could be realized at the regional level.

The correct choice is D.

Functionalists would argue that experiencing the benefits of cooperation in technical and economic fields would lead to cooperation in security and political issues as well. They call it the spillover impact.

The correct choice is C.

Diffusion is the affect of an organization on institutional structure or decision-making mechanism of another organization.

The correct choice is E.

Regional organizations have started to have a considerable impact on global politics since the end of the Second World War.

New regional organizations were established in order to cope with the political, economic and security challenges of the post-war era. NATO, Warsaw Pact and the European Coal and Steel Community can be considered as examples of these organizations.

As it is the case with all the actors of global politics, regional organizations change according to the Zeitgeist (spirit of time) as well.

In addition, economic organizations can be further classified as well since they try to realize different objectives. Some of them try to create a preferential trade area (PTA) among member states.

There are some theoretical approaches that would argue that regions do emerge as a result of natural processes. However, some other approaches, like constructivism, argue that regions do not come into being naturally, but they are being constructed.

the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and the Iran-Iraq war between 1989-1988 became the major reasons for the initiation of the Gulf Cooperation Council since the Gulf countries were alarmed by these events

In the case of unipolarity, the hegemon would try to maintain its unique status via regional and international organizations.

Some regional organizations are established with limited aims by the founding actors. There can be different objectives of the founders. They might try to solve a security problem together or they might want to further their economic interests. Alternatively, they can also have cultural or political targets. The fundamental feature of these organizations is that they would like to solve a collective action problem via cooperation.

In the case of delegation, the authority of deciding is transferred from the member states to the organization. According to the Westphalian state system since the 17th century, it is acknowledged that states do have sovereignty.

Conditionality The requirement to fulfill certain conditions in order to get a benefit, reward or be entitled with membership.