👉 The term "binational" refers to a situation in which two or more countries have different political, economic, and social systems. It is often used in political science contexts to describe the ways in which one country has been influenced by another, with some of the outcomes being negative for that second country. In other words, binational relationships are those where two or more countries share a common history, culture, language, religion, or other shared factors, but have different economic systems and political structures.