Contemporary Centres of Power Test - 2

Three Pillars of ASEAN Community: ASEAN Security Community, ASEAN Economic Community, and ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community.

On 1 January 2007, the EU welcomes two new Member States and 30 million people, when Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union.

European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), an international organization established by one of the Treaties of Rome in 1958 to form a common market for the development of the peaceful uses of atomic energy. The original members were Belgium, France, West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.

The EEC was created in 1957 by the Treaty of Rome, which was signed by Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and West Germany. The United Kingdom, Denmark, and Ireland joined in 1973, followed by Greece in 1981 and Portugal and Spain in 1986.

On October 1, 1949, Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People's Republic of China (PRC).

The Eurozone is a term used to refer to the 19 European Union member states that have adopted the euro as their official currency. These countries share a single monetary policy, governed by the European Central Bank, and have eliminated currency exchange rates and other transaction costs associated with using different currencies.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world's trading nations and ratified in their parliaments.

The Association of South East Asian Nations, abbreviated as ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok (Thailand) to accelerate economic growth, social progress, and cultural development and to promote peace and stability in the region.

On April 3, 1948, President Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act of 1948. It became known as the Marshall Plan, named for Secretary of State George Marshall, who in 1947 proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe.