Prominent European regional integration theorist David Mitrany was critical of the League of Nations (LoN) and said that it collapsed due to inaction. Mitrany was referring to the failure of the LoN to prevent World War – II. Discarding the federalist approach ingrained in the legal framework of the LoN, Mitrany advocated cooperation in functional areas as a remedy for regional integration. Mitrany was aware of the fact that nation-states wary of their sovereign authority will oppose the idea of pooling sovereignty. However, nation-states may accept such a proposition if it delivers what they intend to achieve but cannot do so without cooperating with others. A Functionalist believes that regional integration is possible if nation-states work together in areas of mutual benefit. Sharing sovereignty for specific gains is not a zero-sum game for a nation. He further defined that functional areas will be technical that allows flexibility of approach; it blurs the distinction betwee...