BASAK Z. ALPAN Doctoral Candidate and Research Student, Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham, UKM. B. B. BISKUPSKI S. A. Blejwas Endowed Chair in Polish History, Central Connecticut State University, USAJULIANE BRANDT Researcher, Institute for German Culture and History in South East Europe (IKGS), Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, GermanyOSKAR GRUENWALD Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, CanadaMOJMIR KRI AN Freelancer, GermanyJOHN J. KULCZYCKI Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Chicago, USAFRANCESCO LEONCINI Professor of Slavic History and of Central European History, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia, Venice, ItalyLAURE NEUMAYER Assistant Professor of Political Science, l'Université de Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne, FranceINGRID RÖDER PhD-Researcher, Jean Monnet Centre for European Studies, University of Bremen, GermanySTEFAN SAMERSKI Professor, Catholic Faculty, Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich, GermanyAN SCHRIJVERS Research Assistant and PhD Candidate, Centre for European Union Studies, Department of Political Science, Ghent University, BelgiumKRISTA ZACH Visiting Professor for European Studies in History, Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania