Sieglinde Gstöhl is Director of Studies and Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges. Professor Gstöhl holds a Ph.D. in political science as well as an MA in International Relations from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, and an MA in Public Affairs from the University Of St. Gallen Switzerland. Her fields of interests are EU external relations, in particular EU trade policy and external representation, theories of regional integration and of international relations, global governance, international political economy, diplomatic training, and small states. Erwan Lannon is Professor in the EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies Department in Bruges and Visiting Professor in the European Interdisciplinary Studies Department in Natolin. He is also Professor in European Law at the Faculty of Law of the Ghent University.Erwan holds a Master’s degree in International Politics and Strategic Studies from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, and a Ph.D. in European Law from the Université de Rennes I. He has worked as Researcher at Ghent University and then as an expert for several EU institutions, the EU Institute for Security Studies, Euromed networks and as consultant for the United Nations (UNDP) and the European International Movement.