A key communitarian question is whether new “supranational” bodies are developing some communal features and governing agencies, and might be called new transnational communities. To answer this question, two attributes of communities have to be looked at: (i) Members of a community are involved in a web of criss-crossing, affective bonds, and (ii) communities share a moral culture, a set of values and norms. Recent evidence indicates the rise of transnational affective bonds: multiple citizenship, the high level of transnational remittances, frequent international travel, the prevalence of the Internet, and so on. Furthermore, scores of studies have shown an explosive growth in transnational voluntary associations, such as Doctors without Borders and Transparency International. Similarly, social movements such as those concerned with the environment or globalization nowadays tend to “go global.” All this suggests that some communal bonds, a sense of identity and loyalty, are beginning to be formed across national borders. With regard to the second criterion, a shared moral culture, it has been pointed out that the more diverse a society, the less acceptable it would be to impose shared understandings of the good, to make sacrifices for the common good of their community. The question here is whether shared norms and values may promote decisions that make substantial sacrifices for people of other nations. Progress on this front is being made among the member states of the European Union. But some shared norms are also developing on a global level. Probably the best example of a set of norms is respect for human rights. Other specific norms that appear to be gaining in terms of worldwide respect are women’s rights and the environment. Norms are developed when a group of people engage in a process of sorting out the values that should guide their lives. Granted, transnational moral dialogues are much more limited than their intranational counterparts in scope, intensity, conclusion, and result. Nevertheless, they are beginning to provide a wider shared moral understanding. For example, transnational moral dialogues appear to be taking place on issues such as opposition to the death penalty, or debt relief. In short, although the second defining attribute of community (i.e., a shared moral culture, a set of values and norms) is currently represented in the transnational realm at a low level, that level seems to be rising. Finally, an important difference between national societies and the inchoate global society is the relationship between society and state. Currently, there is no such thing as a global state – in the future, some elements of a global polity will have to develop, or its lack will hold back the future growth of the global society.