Globalization has increased the need for global international organization, as more global activity has demanded greater global management. Paradoxically, this has also often strengthened the case for regional arrangements, as a way of supporting globalization. Paul Taylor examines how the relentless process of globalization has affected the world's international organizations. He focuses primarily on the United Nations and the wider UN system, and also examines the involvement of the WTO, the World Bank and regional organizations such as the EU, ASEAN, ASEM, NAFTA, and MERCOSUR in these processes. This study concentrates on three key areas - the maintenance of peace and security, the management of economic and social activity, and the protection of individual welfare - which provide illustrations of the changing relationship between international organizations and individual states, a central interaction in global organization.