COMPARING AND CONTRASTING FEDERALISM
IN THE EU AND THE USA
Symposium organized by
the Center for European and International Affairs of the University of Nicosia
in cooperation with
Center for State Constitutional Studies (at Rutgers-Camden)
Academia Europea Bolzano (EURAC) Institute for Studies on Federalism and Regionalism
European Center for Peace and Development
Institute of European Studies
Thursday, September 25, 2014
09:15
University of Nicosia
Μ106 Conference Room, Millennium Building 1st floor
09:15 – 09:30 Coffee and Registration
Opening Address:
09:30 – 09:40 Andreas Theophanous
President, Center for European and International Affairs,
University of Nicosia
SESSION I: PERSPECTIVES ON THE PROSPECTS OF FEDERALIZATION OF THE EU
Chair: Andreas Theophanous
President, Center for European and International Affairs,
Head of the Department of European Studies and International
Relations, University of Nicosia
09:40 – 10:00 Giorgos Kentas
Assistant Professor of International Relations, Department of
European Studies and International Relations, University of Nicosia
Why the EU shall never become a federation
10:00 – 10:20 Achilles Emilianides
Professor of Law, Department of Law, University of Nicosia and
Christina Ioannou
Assistant Professor of European Politics, Department of European
Studies and International Relations, University of Nicosia
The 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 Emilianides
Professor of Law, Head of the Department of Law, University of Nicosia
10:50 – 11:10 Odysseas Christou
Assistant Professor of Government, International Law and
International Relations, Department of Law, University of Nicosia
No Doctrine? An Institutional Analysis of Executive Power and Foreign Policy-Making in the United States and the European Union
11:10 – 11:30 Matteo Nicolini
Assistant 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 Attalides
Rector, Professor of Sociology, Department of European Studies
and International Relations, University of Nicosia
12:00 – 12:30 Nicos Peristianis
President of the Council, University of Nicosia
Which Federation Model for Cyprus? – Ideas and Perspectives from
the EU and theUS Experience
12:30 – 13:00 Discussion
UNESCO Amphitheatre, Europa Building
SESSION III: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON FEDERALISM: ASSESSING THE US AND THE EU
Chair: Anna Koukkides-Procopiou
Foreign Policy Analyst, Research Associate, Center for European
and International Affairs, University of Nicosia
18:00 – 18:20 Professor G. Alan Tarr
Distinguished Professor, Department of Political Science
Director, Center for State Constitutional Studies Rutgers University-
Camden, New Jersey, USA
In Search of Constitutional Federalism: American Perspectives
18:20 – 18:40 Michalis Attalides
Professor of Sociology, Department of European Studies and
International Relations
Rector, University of Nicosia
European Union Federalism and the Legitimacy Trap
18:40 – 19:00 Andreas Theophanous
Professor of Political Economy, Department of European Studies and International Relations, University of Nicosia
Revisiting 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
