Dr. Evgeny Vinokurov is the Director of the Centre for Integration Studies at the Eurasian Development Bank, St. Petersburg, Russia. He has collaborated with various international organizations, including the UN, UNDP, UNESCAP, EU, ASEAN, CIS, EAEU, World Bank, EBRD, ADB, and IDB.Prof. Dr. Alexander Libman is a Professor at Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich. He is also Associate Research Fellow at the International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development of theNational Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow), and Associate Research Fellow at the Center for Russian Studies of the East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.

• 1. Introduction.- Part I: Regional Organizations: An Analytical Framework. 2. Typology of Regional Organizations.- 3. Historical Factors.-4. Economic Development and Crises.- 5. Power Assymetries. 6. Political Regime.- Part II: The Universe of Regional Integration Organizations. 7. Determinants of RO Type: Large-N Evidence.- 8. "Straight Path" Alive and Kicking Regional Organizations.- 9. Alternative Path: A Regional Organization's Rebirth.- 10. Integration Rhetoric.- 11. Talking Club.- 12. Zombies and Coma.- 13. Dissolution of Regional Organizations.- 14. Conclusions.- Annex: Regional Integration Database data.- Endnotes

Dr. Evgeny Vinokurov is the Director of the Centre for Integration Studies at the Eurasian Development Bank, St. Petersburg, Russia. He has collaborated with various international organizations, including the UN, UNDP, UNESCAP, EU, ASEAN, CIS, EAEU, World Bank, EBRD, ADB, and IDB.Prof. Dr. Alexander Libman is a Professor at Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich. He is also Associate Research Fellow at the International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development of theNational Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow), and Associate Research Fellow at the Center for Russian Studies of the East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.

• 1. Introduction.- Part I: Regional Organizations: An Analytical Framework. 2. Typology of Regional Organizations.- 3. Historical Factors.-4. Economic Development and Crises.- 5. Power Assymetries. 6. Political Regime.- Part II: The Universe of Regional Integration Organizations. 7. Determinants of RO Type: Large-N Evidence.- 8. "Straight Path" Alive and Kicking Regional Organizations.- 9. Alternative Path: A Regional Organization's Rebirth.- 10. Integration Rhetoric.- 11. Talking Club.- 12. Zombies and Coma.- 13. Dissolution of Regional Organizations.- 14. Conclusions.- Annex: Regional Integration Database data.- Endnotes

Dr. Evgeny Vinokurov is the Director of the Centre for Integration Studies at the Eurasian Development Bank, St. Petersburg, Russia. He has collaborated with various international organizations, including the UN, UNDP, UNESCAP, EU, ASEAN, CIS, EAEU, World Bank, EBRD, ADB, and IDB.Prof. Dr. Alexander Libman is a Professor at Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich. He is also Associate Research Fellow at the International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development of theNational Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow), and Associate Research Fellow at the Center for Russian Studies of the East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.

• 1. Introduction.- Part I: Regional Organizations: An Analytical Framework. 2. Typology of Regional Organizations.- 3. Historical Factors.-4. Economic Development and Crises.- 5. Power Assymetries. 6. Political Regime.- Part II: The Universe of Regional Integration Organizations. 7. Determinants of RO Type: Large-N Evidence.- 8. "Straight Path" Alive and Kicking Regional Organizations.- 9. Alternative Path: A Regional Organization's Rebirth.- 10. Integration Rhetoric.- 11. Talking Club.- 12. Zombies and Coma.- 13. Dissolution of Regional Organizations.- 14. Conclusions.- Annex: Regional Integration Database data.- Endnotes