Symposium: Comparing and Contrasting Federalism in the EU and the USA

COMPARING AND CONTRASTING FEDERALISMIN THE EU AND THE USA Symposium organized bythe Center for European and International Affairs of the University of Nicosiain cooperation withCenter for State Constitutional Studies (at Rutgers-Camden)Academia Europea Bolzano (EURAC) Institute for Studies on Federalism and RegionalismEuropean Center for Peace and DevelopmentInstitute of European Studies Thursday, September 25, 201409:15 University of Nicosia Μ106 Conference Room, Millennium Building 1st floor09:15-09:30 Coffee and Registration Opening Address:09:30-09:40 Andreas TheophanousPresident, Center for European and International Affairs,University of Nicosia SESSION I: PERSPECTIVES ON THE PROSPECTS OF FEDERALIZATION OF THE EU Chair:Andreas TheophanousPresident, Center for European and International Affairs,Head of the Department of European Studies and InternationalRelations, University of Nicosia 09:40-10:00 Giorgos KentasAssistant Professor of International Relations, Department ofEuropean Studies and International Relations, University of NicosiaWhy the EU shall never become a federation 10:00-10:20 Achilles EmilianidesProfessor of Law, Department of Law, University of Nicosia andChristina IoannouAssistant Professor of European Politics, Department of EuropeanStudies and International Relations, University of NicosiaThe faltering project of the Federal United States of Europe 10:20-10:40 Discussion 10:40-10:50 Coffee Break SESSION II: COMPARING AND CONTRASTING SPECIFIC DOMAINS IN THE EU AND THE USA Chair:Achilles EmilianidesProfessor of Law, Head of the Department of Law, University of Nicosia 10:50-11:10 Odysseas ChristouAssistant Professor of Government, International Law andInternational Relations, Department of Law, University of NicosiaNo Doctrine? An Institutional Analysis of Executive Power and Foreign Policy-Making in the United States and the European Union 11:10-11:30 Matteo NicoliniAssistant Professor, University of Verona,Senior Research Associate, Academia Europea Bolzano (EURAC)Drawing Boundaries in a Multi-Layered Constitutional System. The Legal Geography of the EU and the USA 11:30-11:50 Discussion 11:50-12:00 Coffee Break Keynote Address: Chair:Michalis AttalidesRector, Professor of Sociology, Department of European Studiesand International Relations, University of Nicosia 12:00-12:30 Nicos PeristianisPresident of the Council, University of NicosiaWhich Federation Model for Cyprus?, Ideas and Perspectives from the EU and theUS Experience 12:30-13:00 Discussion UNESCO Amphitheatre, Europa BuildingSESSION III: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON FEDERALISM: ASSESSING THE US AND THE EU Chair:Anna Koukkides-ProcopiouForeign Policy Analyst, Research Associate, Center for Europeanand International Affairs, University of Nicosia 18:00-18:20 Professor G. Alan TarrDistinguished Professor, Department of Political ScienceDirector, Center for State Constitutional Studies Rutgers University-Camden, New Jersey, USAIn Search of Constitutional Federalism: American Perspectives 18:20-18:40 Michalis AttalidesProfessor of Sociology, Department of European Studies andInternational RelationsRector, University of NicosiaEuropean Union Federalism and the Legitimacy Trap 18:40-19:00 Andreas TheophanousProfessor of Political Economy, Department of European Studies and International Relations, University of NicosiaRevisiting Martin Feldstein: EMU and International Conflict, An Assessment of Specific Cases and Broader Implications 19:00-19:45 Discussion and Concluding Remarks 19:45-20:15 Reception