Types
- Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)—typically considered a part of civil society.
- Multinational corporations—for-profit organizations that operate in multiple sovereign states.
- The International Media
- Violent non-state actors—Armed groups, including groups such as Al-Qaeda or Criminal organizations, for example drug cartels.
- Religious Groups—Quakers and other religious sects are quite active in their international advocacy efforts. They have in part founded other non-state actors such as Amnesty International, Greenpeace, and OXFAM.
- Transnational diaspora communities—Ethnic or national communities that to influence their original and current territories.
- Cell-based, independent intelligence agents.
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