What Kills International Organizations? When and Why International Organizations Die

Abstract

The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, created in 1992 and currently directed by Professor Brigid Laffan, aims to develop inter-disciplinary and comparative research on the major issues facing the process of European integration, European societies and Europe's place in 21 st century global politics. The Centre is home to a large post-doctoral programme and hosts major research programmes, projects and data sets, in addition to a range of working groups and ad hoc initiatives. The research agenda is organised around a set of core themes and is continuously evolving, reflecting the changing agenda of European integration, the expanding membership of the European Union, developments in Europe's neighbourhood and the wider world.

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“…Eilstrup-Sangiovanni (2021: 282, 305) reports that, between 1815 and 2006, some 216 intergovernmental organizations, of a total of 561, ceased to exist due to internal politicized functions, small membership, young age, or lack of centralized structures. This account excludes many contemporary regional or global intergovernmental organizations that are either dysfunctional or performing below the mark.…”