Hartmut Behr, Newcastle University, UK Peter Breiner, The University at Albany, State University of New York, USA Rainer Eisfeld, University of Osnabrück, Germany David Kettler, Bard College, New York, USA Helen M. Kinsella, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Xander Kirke, Newcastle University, UK Richard Ned Lebow, King”s College London, UK Paul Petzschmann, Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, Norway William E. Scheuerman, Indiana University, USA Alfons Söllner, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany Peter Stirk, Durham University, UK Ellen Thümmler, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany Thomas Wheatland, Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA