Institutions
What Makes an International Organisation More Than a Meeting?
Learn how to tell an international organisation from a one-off meeting by checking its members, continuing purpose…
All explanations
All explanations
Explore explanations of the institutions, agreements and relationships that shape international affairs, with each piece designed to stand on its own.
Agreements
Treaty, Declaration or Memorandum: What Changes Between Them?
Compare a treaty, declaration, and memorandum by their purpose and likely role, so you can describe what each document…
Institutions
Before the Charter: Why the League of Nations Was Created
Why was the League of Nations created? Learn how its postwar purpose shaped its institutions and why member states…
Global Terms
The Map Is Not the Membership List
The map is not the membership list: learn how regional groupings set their boundaries and choose which membership…
Agreements
A First Read of an International Agreement
A first read of an international agreement is clearer when you map its layout, trace article links, and record what…
Our approach
Context comes before certainty
International affairs rarely fit into one headline. We explain the actors, terms and relationships that help make a story understandable.