Alina Stoica, PhD, is Lecturer of International Relations and European Studies at the University of Oradea, Romania, and has conducted extensive research within the fields of international relations, cultural history, the history of European ideas, and regional development. She has authored two books, edited three collective volumes, and has published more than 50 articles and studies.Ioan Horga is Professor of International Relations and European Studies at the University of Oradea, Romania, and Director of the Institute for Euroregional Studies and editor-in-chief of Eurolimes Journal. His area of interest circumscribes borders and frontiers, the process of European construction and integration, and the theory of international relations. The author and editor of twenty books, he has also published over 80 articles and studies.Maria Manuela Tavares Ribeiro is Full Professor of Contemporary History at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Coimbra, Portugal. She is coordinator of the Research Group Europeísmo, Atlanticidade e Mundialização, and a member of the Portuguese Academy of History, the International Academy of Portuguese Culture, and the Academy of Sciences in Lisbon. Her fields of interest are the history of ideas, cultural and political history, and international relations.