Groups That International Relations Specialists Call "Nongovernmental Organizations" (NGOs) Have

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Groups that international relations specialists call "nongovernmental organizations" (NGOs) have had enormous influence worldwide in recent times, often in no small part due to their independence from any one country.Examples include the human rights advocacy organization Amnesty International and the international medical aid-focused Doctors without Borders.Although these groups are nonviolent, they have one thing in common with independent terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda, which is that they are:

• A) outlaw organizations, under many international agreements.
• B) interest groups, of a sort.
• C) underfunded nonprofits.
• D) non-state actors.

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