Edward Moxon-Browne is Professor (Emeritus) and formerly Jean Monnet Chair of European Integration and Director of the Centre for European Studies, at the University of Limerick. Previously, he was Lecturer and then Reader in Politics at the Queens University of Belfast. He has held visiting appointments at Wesleyan University, Hollins University and Harvard University, in the USA; at the Corvinus University in Budapest, and the UN Peace University in Costa Rica. His publications reflect research interests in European integration, the politics of ethnic conflict, and peace studies.