Plain-text reference behind the interactive organizations map.
Membership facts as compiled in the tool's dataset — see each organization for tier (member/observer/dialogue partner) and founding-member notes where relevant.
Seven advanced economies coordinating on the global economy and security.
France (founding member), Germany (founding member), Italy (founding member), Japan (founding member), United Kingdom (founding member), United States of America (founding member), Canada
19 countries plus the EU and African Union — the premier forum for global economic cooperation.
Argentina (founding member), Australia (founding member), Brazil (founding member), Canada (founding member), China (founding member), France (founding member), Germany (founding member), India (founding member), Indonesia (founding member), Italy (founding member), Japan (founding member), Mexico (founding member), Russia (founding member), Saudi Arabia (founding member), South Africa (founding member), South Korea (founding member), Turkey (founding member), United Kingdom (founding member), United States of America (founding member)
Brazil, Russia, India, China and an expanding bloc of Global South economies.
Brazil (founding member), Russia (founding member), India (founding member), China (founding member), South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia (observer)
38 market-democracies — the "rich country club" for economic policy coordination.
Austria (founding member), Belgium (founding member), Canada (founding member), Denmark (founding member), France (founding member), Germany (founding member), Greece (founding member), Iceland (founding member), Ireland (founding member), Italy (founding member), Luxembourg (founding member), Netherlands (founding member), Norway (founding member), Portugal (founding member), Spain (founding member), Sweden (founding member), Switzerland (founding member), Turkey (founding member), United Kingdom (founding member), United States of America (founding member), Japan, Finland, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, South Korea, Slovakia, Chile, Estonia, Israel, Slovenia, Latvia, Lithuania, Colombia, Costa Rica
12 oil-exporting states coordinating production and price policy.
Iran (founding member), Iraq (founding member), Kuwait (founding member), Saudi Arabia (founding member), Venezuela (founding member), Libya, United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Nigeria, Gabon, Eq. Guinea, Congo
All 12 OPEC members plus major non-OPEC oil exporters, coordinating output since 2016.
Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Libya, United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Nigeria, Gabon, Eq. Guinea, Congo, Russia (founding member), Mexico (founding member), Kazakhstan (founding member), Azerbaijan (founding member), Bahrain (founding member), Brunei (founding member), Malaysia (founding member), Oman (founding member), S. Sudan (founding member), Sudan (founding member)
27 member states in a political and economic union — from the 1957 Treaty of Rome onward.
Belgium (founding member), France (founding member), Germany (founding member), Italy (founding member), Luxembourg (founding member), Netherlands (founding member), Denmark, Ireland, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, United Kingdom (observer)
All 55 African states — successor to the Organisation of African Unity (1963).
Algeria (founding member), Angola (founding member), Benin (founding member), Botswana (founding member), Burkina Faso (founding member), Burundi (founding member), Cabo Verde (founding member), Cameroon (founding member), Central African Rep. (founding member), Chad (founding member), Comoros (founding member), Congo (founding member), Dem. Rep. Congo (founding member), Côte d'Ivoire (founding member), Djibouti (founding member), Egypt (founding member), Eq. Guinea (founding member), Eritrea (founding member), eSwatini (founding member), Ethiopia (founding member), Gabon (founding member), Gambia (founding member), Ghana (founding member), Guinea (founding member), Guinea-Bissau (founding member), Kenya (founding member), Lesotho (founding member), Liberia (founding member), Libya (founding member), Madagascar (founding member), Malawi (founding member), Mali (founding member), Mauritania (founding member), Mauritius (founding member), Morocco, Mozambique (founding member), Namibia (founding member), Niger (founding member), Nigeria (founding member), Rwanda (founding member), São Tomé and Principe (founding member), Senegal (founding member), Seychelles (founding member), Sierra Leone (founding member), Somalia (founding member), South Africa (founding member), S. Sudan, Sudan (founding member), Tanzania (founding member), Togo (founding member), Tunisia (founding member), Uganda (founding member), Zambia (founding member), Zimbabwe (founding member), W. Sahara (founding member)
22 Arabic-speaking states across North Africa and the Middle East.
Egypt (founding member), Iraq (founding member), Jordan (founding member), Lebanon (founding member), Saudi Arabia (founding member), Syria (founding member), Yemen (founding member), Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates
Six Arab monarchies of the Persian Gulf, all founding members.
Bahrain (founding member), Kuwait (founding member), Oman (founding member), Qatar (founding member), Saudi Arabia (founding member), United Arab Emirates (founding member)
Eight South Asian states — largely dormant since 2016 but a fixture of the region's institutions.
Bangladesh (founding member), Bhutan (founding member), India (founding member), Maldives (founding member), Nepal (founding member), Pakistan (founding member), Sri Lanka (founding member), Afghanistan
Seven states around the Bay of Bengal, bridging South and Southeast Asia — the SAARC alternative that includes Myanmar and Thailand.
Bangladesh (founding member), India (founding member), Sri Lanka (founding member), Thailand (founding member), Myanmar (founding member), Nepal, Bhutan
11 Southeast Asian states — Timor-Leste became the newest member in October 2025.
Indonesia (founding member), Malaysia (founding member), Philippines (founding member), Singapore (founding member), Thailand (founding member), Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, Timor-Leste
32 members bound by Article 5's collective-defence guarantee — Sweden is the newest, in 2024.
Belgium (founding member), Canada (founding member), Denmark (founding member), France (founding member), Iceland (founding member), Italy (founding member), Luxembourg (founding member), Netherlands (founding member), Norway (founding member), Portugal (founding member), United Kingdom (founding member), United States of America (founding member), Greece, Turkey, Germany, Spain, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Albania, Croatia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Finland, Sweden
A Eurasian security & economic bloc led by China and Russia — India and Pakistan joined together in 2017.
China (founding member), Russia (founding member), Kazakhstan (founding member), Kyrgyzstan (founding member), Tajikistan (founding member), Uzbekistan (founding member), India, Pakistan, Iran, Belarus, Afghanistan (observer), Mongolia (observer), Turkey (dialogue partner), Saudi Arabia (dialogue partner), Egypt (dialogue partner), Qatar (dialogue partner), United Arab Emirates (dialogue partner), Sri Lanka (dialogue partner), Nepal (dialogue partner), Armenia (dialogue partner), Azerbaijan (dialogue partner), Cambodia (dialogue partner), Bahrain (dialogue partner), Kuwait (dialogue partner), Myanmar (dialogue partner), Maldives (dialogue partner)
An informal Indo-Pacific strategic grouping — just four members, revived in 2017 after a decade dormant.
India (founding member), United States of America (founding member), Japan (founding member), Australia (founding member)
23 states around the Indian Ocean rim, from Australia to South Africa.
Australia (founding member), India (founding member), Indonesia (founding member), Kenya (founding member), Madagascar (founding member), Malaysia (founding member), Mauritius (founding member), Mozambique (founding member), Oman (founding member), Singapore (founding member), South Africa (founding member), Sri Lanka (founding member), Tanzania (founding member), Thailand (founding member), Yemen (founding member), Bangladesh, Comoros, France, Iran, Maldives, Seychelles, Somalia, United Arab Emirates
An Anglosphere signals-intelligence sharing alliance, rooted in the 1946 UKUSA Agreement.
United Kingdom (founding member), United States of America (founding member), Canada, Australia, New Zealand
An India-led Indian Ocean security grouping — began as a trilateral NSA dialogue, now six members.
India (founding member), Sri Lanka (founding member), Maldives (founding member), Mauritius, Bangladesh, Seychelles
Bans military activity and territorial claims on Antarctica — 29 Consultative Parties hold voting rights, the rest are non-voting acceding states.
Argentina (founding member), Australia (founding member), Belgium (founding member), Chile (founding member), France (founding member), Japan (founding member), New Zealand (founding member), Norway (founding member), South Africa (founding member), United Kingdom (founding member), United States of America (founding member), Russia (founding member), Poland, Germany, Brazil, India, China, Uruguay, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Finland, South Korea, Peru, Ecuador, Netherlands, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Czechia, Austria (observer), Belarus (observer), Canada (observer), Colombia (observer), Cuba (observer), Denmark (observer), Estonia (observer), Greece (observer), Guatemala (observer), Hungary (observer), Iceland (observer), Kazakhstan (observer), North Korea (observer), Malaysia (observer), Monaco (observer), Mongolia (observer), Pakistan (observer), Papua New Guinea (observer), Portugal (observer), Romania (observer), Slovakia (observer), Slovenia (observer), Switzerland (observer), Turkey (observer), Venezuela (observer)
A US-led semiconductor & AI supply-chain security initiative, declared December 2025 — the newest and fastest-moving grouping on this map.
United States of America (founding member), Japan (founding member), South Korea (founding member), Australia (founding member), Singapore (founding member), Israel (founding member), United Kingdom (founding member), Greece (founding member), Qatar (founding member), United Arab Emirates (founding member), India, Finland, Norway, Philippines
42 states harmonising export controls on conventional arms and dual-use goods — India is the 42nd, joined 2017.
Argentina (founding member), Australia (founding member), Austria (founding member), Belgium (founding member), Bulgaria (founding member), Canada (founding member), Croatia, Czechia (founding member), Denmark (founding member), Estonia, Finland (founding member), France (founding member), Germany (founding member), Greece (founding member), Hungary (founding member), India, Ireland (founding member), Italy (founding member), Japan (founding member), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg (founding member), Malta, Mexico, Netherlands (founding member), New Zealand (founding member), Norway (founding member), Poland (founding member), Portugal (founding member), South Korea (founding member), Romania (founding member), Russia (founding member), Slovakia (founding member), Slovenia (founding member), South Africa (founding member), Spain (founding member), Sweden (founding member), Switzerland (founding member), Turkey (founding member), Ukraine, United Kingdom (founding member), United States of America (founding member)
35 states limiting the proliferation of missiles and missile technology — founded by the G7.
Canada (founding member), France (founding member), Germany (founding member), Italy (founding member), Japan (founding member), United Kingdom (founding member), United States of America (founding member), Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine
Around 40 states plus the European Commission, harmonising export controls to keep chemical & biological weapons materials from proliferating.
Argentina, Australia (founding member), Austria, Belgium (founding member), Bulgaria, Canada (founding member), Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark (founding member), Estonia, Finland, France (founding member), Germany (founding member), Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland (founding member), Italy (founding member), Japan (founding member), South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg (founding member), Malta, Netherlands (founding member), New Zealand (founding member), Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom (founding member), United States of America (founding member)
A multimodal transport corridor linking Central Asia to the Persian Gulf — India joined in 2018.
Oman (founding member), Iran (founding member), Turkmenistan (founding member), Uzbekistan (founding member), Kazakhstan, Pakistan, India
India and five ASEAN states along the Mekong, cooperating on tourism, culture, education and transport.
India (founding member), Cambodia (founding member), Laos (founding member), Myanmar (founding member), Thailand (founding member), Vietnam (founding member)
A Central & South Asian bloc built on the old Regional Cooperation for Development — expanded in 1992 with the Central Asian republics.
Iran (founding member), Pakistan (founding member), Turkey (founding member), Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
