Which organization exemplifies supranational authority affecting borders? (Schengen area)

• A. World Bank
• B. European Union (Schengen area)
• C. United Nations Security Council
• D. International Monetary Fund

Answer: (B)

Supranational authority means an organization can create rules that member states must follow, especially over something as sensitive as borders and movement. The Schengen area fits this because it removes internal border checks between many countries and runs a shared external border policy. Decisions about who can travel, how visas are handled, and how external borders are managed are made under a collective set of rules, not entirely by each country on its own. That gives the group real power over national border control that goes beyond any single nation's sovereignty.

The other options don’t demonstrate that same ongoing, binding border governance. The World Bank and IMF influence economic policy and finance, not how borders are managed. The UN Security Council can address border issues in specific crises, but it operates in a different regime and doesn’t establish a standing, integrated border system across multiple states like Schengen.