Marianne Riddervold is Professor in Political Science at the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), and Senior Fellow at the Institute of European Studies, University of California, Berkeley, USA. Jarle Trondal is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political Science and Management, University of Agder, and Professor of European Studies at the ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo, Norway. Akasemi Newsome is Associate Director at the Institute of European Studies and Executive Director at the Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study, University of California, Berkeley, USA, and Senior Fellow at the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences.