It declined to co-operate, for instance, with a UN inquiry into a shelling incident that killed 19 civilians in Gaza in 2006.
The watchdog has said delays come in part because officers do not co-operate enough, for instance declining to answer oral questions and providing written responses instead.
So it will co-operate on international terrorism, for instance over the Boston bombers who came from the north Caucasus, and it may do so over arms control.
MasterCard, for instance, is co-operating with the Nigerian government to issue national identity cards that can double as prepaid cards, in a deliberate effort to provide financial services to those without bank accounts.
RBS, for instance, has sacked four traders and up to 20 banks and financial firms are thought to be co-operating with international regulators.
For instance, Ford is pooling its work on hydrogen fuel cells with Renault-Nissan and Daimler, and BMW is co-operating with Toyota in this area.
The two firms will remain independent, but will co-operate where it makes sense for instance, on bargaining with suppliers.Nonetheless, firms such as Pao de Azucar, Disco and Santa Isabel still face a relentless challenge.
Volkswagen is co-operating with Porsche.
Everybody must co-operate with everybody else.
Co-simulation, for instance, is an important but significant challenge.
They have, for instance, allowed an Iranian port to be used as a distribution point for American food aid going to Afghanistan, and are co-operating fully with the UN's explorations into a post-Taliban regime.
