Summary

The aim of our conference is to explore the idea of the European Union as a global power. A single market and harmonized legal system have been considered key achievements of the pan-European project for decades. The underlying assumption of the conference is that the time has come for the EU to go a step further – that it must construct a sense of shared values and political identity, if it wants to sustain global relevance. What sort of identity should this be? As a host institution, we aim to emphasize that academia can catalyze an adequate response to this challenge.
Major issues to be addressed include:

• What kind of values does the EU need – besides single market and legal personality – to develop
its internal cohesion and emerge as a global power?

• Multiculturalism, up to now the default strategy in Western Europe to manage cultural diversity,
is increasingly under attack. Does the EU need a new narrative to augment attractiveness of its
integration model in its vital dimensions?

• The EU introduced revolutionary changes that in just 50 years have transformed a continent from
total war to perpetual peace. How do the Balkans fit into that? We are looking forward to your participation in the one-day program of the conference in Skopje on 19 May 2011. We believe that ideas and expertise are shaping the free world. A number of intellectually courageous scholars coming to Skopje will offer their thought-provoking visions for the outstanding challenges we face. Join us!

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Program Committee Dr. Biro Gaspar, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest Dr. Charalampos Tsardanidis, Institute of International Economic Relations, Athens Dr. Clarisse Behar Molad, EDHEC Business School, Lille Dr. Desislava Ljubomirova Boshnakova, New Bulgarian University, Sofia Dr. Ivan Dodovski, University American College Skopje Dr. Johan G. Wissema, Delft University of Technology Dr. Mehmet Zeki Ibrahimgil, Gazi University, Ankara Dr. Stevo Pendarovski, University American College Skopje Organising Committee Dr. Stevo Pendarovski, e-mail: pendarovski@uacs.edu.mk Dr. Clarisse Behar Molad, e-mail: molad@uacs.edu.mk Dr. Ivan Dodovski, e-mail: dodovski@uacs.edu.mk Secretariat Dr. Ilijana Petrovska, e-mail: petrovska@uacs.edu.mk Anthony Naumoff, e-mail: anthony.naumoff@uacs.edu.mk Elena Makrevska, e-mail: makrevska@uacs.edu.mk Elena Kilsarovska, email: klisarovska@uacs.edu.mk