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The 167 pages that link to European Union, each with the reason it gives.

• NationalismCompared with: Its pooled authority tests how national sovereignty can coexist with supranational governance.

• Hanseatic LeagueCompared with: It is a modern supranational structure, unlike the League’s loose association of towns and merchants.

• European Court of Human RightsCompared with: EU membership does not define the Court's jurisdiction; the Convention system has a broader membership.

• Commonwealth of NationsCompared with: Unlike the Commonwealth, it can make certain rules legally binding on its members.

• Council of EuropeCompared with: It is a separate organization with deeper economic integration and a different membership.

• EuropeCompared with: Its membership is often mistaken for the boundaries of Europe itself.

• Arab LeagueCompared with: The EU’s supranational powers contrast with the League’s emphasis on sovereign member-state decisions.

• North American Free Trade AgreementCompared with: Its deeper institutional integration contrasts with NAFTA’s focus on trade among sovereign states.

• Gulf Cooperation CouncilCompared with: Unlike the European Union, the council has limited authority to enforce common policies on member states.

• Post-Soviet statesCompared with: Its integration model contrasts with the looser and Russia-centered frameworks adopted by some former republics.

• DenmarkCompared with: Denmark belongs to the union but keeps the krone and has negotiated policy opt-outs.

• European Free Trade AssociationCompared with: The EU integrates more deeply than EFTA and includes none of its four members today.

• Political geographyCompared with: It complicates the assumption that political authority is contained within national borders.

• SerbiaCompared with: Serbia is a candidate country, not an EU member.

• ComeconCompared with: Its market-based integration became a contrasting framework as former Comecon states reoriented after 1991.

• RussiaCompared with: Russia’s relationship with the EU contrasts with the union’s supranational model and its European integration project.

• Swiss ConfederationCompared with: It is a treaty-based union of sovereign member states, unlike Switzerland’s single federal state.

• European Economic AreaCompared with: The EEA EFTA states access much of its market without joining the Union.

• Economic Community of West African StatesCompared with: It is a frequent comparison, but ECOWAS has substantially different powers, resources, and integration depth.

• MoldovaCompared with: Moldova seeks accession, while remaining outside the union as a sovereign state.

• Organization of Eastern Caribbean StatesCompared with: It offers a larger-scale comparison for the possibilities and limits of regional integration.

• ASEANCompared with: Unlike the EU, ASEAN generally relies on intergovernmental consensus and avoids transferring sovereignty.

• Commonwealth of Independent StatesCompared with: Its supranational authority contrasts with the CIS's sovereignty-preserving cooperation.

• Georgia (country)Compared with: Georgia seeks closer integration with the EU while remaining outside the union.

• Eurasian Economic UnionCompared with: The EU has deeper supranational institutions and a broader political scope than the Eurasian union.

• MercosurCompared with: Its deeper supranational authority highlights Mercosur’s reliance on national governments.

• Nordic countriesCompared with: Nordic membership is not identical: Norway and Iceland are outside the European Union.

• Organization for Security and Co-operation in EuropeCompared with: The EU’s membership and legal authority differ from the OSCE’s broader, consensus-based security framework.

• Richard HolbrookeCompared with: The EU’s collective diplomacy in the Yugoslav crisis contrasted with the forceful U.S.-led process Holbrooke drove.

• European Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentCompared with: The EU is a political union and major EBRD shareholder, not a development bank.

• Collective Security Treaty OrganizationCompared with: The EU’s integration model differs from the CSTO’s primarily military and security remit.

• South Asian Association for Regional CooperationCompared with: Unlike the EU, SAARC does not exercise supranational authority over its member states.

• Organisation of Islamic CooperationCompared with: The EU integrates law and policy more deeply than the OIC’s primarily intergovernmental cooperation.

• Saint Pierre and MiquelonCompared with: Saint Pierre and Miquelon is associated with the EU as an overseas country and territory, not an EU region.

• Continental EuropeCompared with: Political membership does not determine whether a territory belongs to the geographic mainland.

• Organization of the Black Sea Economic CooperationCompared with: Unlike the organization, it combines regional cooperation with deep legal and economic integration.

• Economy of SwitzerlandCompared with: Switzerland trades closely with the EU but is not a member and relies on bilateral agreements.

• Geography of EuropeCompared with: Its membership is narrower than Europe’s geographic extent and does not define the continent.

• Kalergi PlanCompared with: The theory often treats visible EU institutions as agents of a secret plan without evidence.