The Streit Council

Uniting democracies has been the key international political trend of the last hundred years
Understanding this trend and enabling it to continue is the key to world political development

2002 * 2001 * 2000 * 1999 * 1998 * 1997 * 1996 * 1995 * 1994* 1993 * 1992 * 1991

2002

Michael Stark	Integration in the European Union
Jeffrey Michaels	Bureaucratic obstacles to establishing effective NATO-Russia relations
Uri Fisher	Development of a cooperative Central Asian security community and the ramifications this has for state building, stability, and conflict resolution in the area
Daniel Molnar	The West European Union (WEU) in the international integration
Tobias Dougherty	Russian unification in Western Europe
Piotr Kaznacheev	New role of partners in cooperation in the EUro-Atlantic area
Christopher Burdick	Macro/micro economic funding mechanism used in the EU
Timothy Killian	Understanding Euro anxiety
Sven Spengeman	Informal regulatory relations to creating a super-national order
Irma Dedic	NATO/UN Forces in Kosovo: Legal, Political and Moral Aspects

2001

Nathalie Tocci	Redirecting the nation-state: the role of the EU post-modern order in eradicating pre-modern conflicts at periphery
Irma Dedic	The Integration of the Balkans into the European Union
Jennifer Hope Danley-Scott	Measure the effects of the German court's refusal to follow the European Court of Justice in the Maastricht decision
William Christopher Kurowski	Re-emergence of trans-nationalism within the NATO Alliance
Ricardo Alvarez	European economic/political integration
Lee Webster	Role of the UN with regard to international peacekeeping and the problems faced
Cherie Michelle Chauvin	Apply better understanding of Europe's peacekeeping failures in its own lands and then apply this to the tumultuous relationship between Europe and Africa.
Matthew J. Keating	Regional economic integration as a key to stability in under-developed and developing countries
Tiziana Stella	Development of Euro Atlantic Institute think tank for promoting international integration and federalism
Talbot Imlay	A study of Clarence Streit and the "Federal Union" movement

2000

Sarah Pryor Martin	Thesis on Europol, the European Police Organization and how it will address the problem of organized crime
Andrea Vogt	PhD dissertation on determining why countries do not have better communications to prevent crisis rather than waiting until the crisis occurs to take action.
Anna Paretskaya	PhD dissertation on the "Impact of Symmetric or Asymmetric Federal Arrangements on Subnational Redistribution of Economic Resources in Transitional Democracies ob the Examples of Russia and Brazil"
Brin Edwards	How do international organizations such as Amnesty International and the United Nations group of rapporteurs promote integration and federalism
Babatope Oluseum Ajakaiye	A study in communications theory and integration in West Africa with particular attention to a case study of transactions between Nigeria and Benin
David A. Rezvani	A detailed research proposal on the extent and sustainability of federacy (a new term). Federacy as an option for societies in transition. The conceptual framework and arguments
Marie-Helene Fandel	The contribution of the European Union to the consolidation of democracy in Russia.
Richard Biondi	Completion of the publication of "In Search of Atlantica" which documents the faces, feelings and fears of the Atlantic Union Movement in the US Congress from the initial introduction of the Atlantic Union articles and Congressional records
Kevin Studa	Sovereignty issues and decision making process in the recent European Union decision to sanction the politically elected government of Austria for its inclusion of the right-wing Freedom Party in its government coalition in February 2000.
Guy Harpaz	Continuation into studies of anti-dumping procedures by various nations
Uri Fisher	Research into Cyber Terrorism and Global Security in an Information Technology Infrastructure Landscape
Andrea Quinn-Gates	A study of migrations, federation, and integration within the European Union
Tiziana Stella	Translation into English of her book in Italian on Atlantic Union; Research to bring the reconstruction of the history of the Atlantic Union idea up to 1949-1950
Ricardo Alvarez	A 10,000 word project on European integration and potential areas of further cooperation between the EU and Mercosur

1999

Guy Harpaz	Continuing research into the use and abuse of Anti-dumping procedures and its detrimental effect upon economic and political integration in Europe.
Jagoda Gajic	Working through a Croatian Women Human Rights Organization, plan to enter politics to bring about Croatia joining the European Union
Michelle Youngblood	This project will develop and design curricula and activities to teach the concept of belonging and its corollaries, peace, cooperation, respect and dignity for others plus creating the values which will amply support international integration and federalism.
Benjamin Rowswell	Sovereignty Games Foreign Policy Contestation in Quebec and Canada
Patrick Egan	Research on the changing political order in Europe
Ekaterini Papagianni	A study of the impact of the European Union institutions, and specifically of the European Commission, on the development of a common EU foreign policy
Ramin Kaweh	Research into “the implications of Globalism on the governance of the individual the case of European identity in the European Union”
Sarah Pryor Martin	Research papers on Russia in European politics. Two papers (1) on security issues and (2) on economic development
Krista Schwartz	The theory, history, and practical application and potential evolution of federalism explored on the levels of security, political environment, and economic development

1998

Paul Kim	A research paper addressing the issues and potential problems arising from the introduction and implementation of the Euro currency and its effects on state sovereignty , transnational jurisdiction, and free trade policies
Ralph Hope	Several papers on the role of International Law and the application of federal solutions to the turmoil in ex-Soviet republics in Central Asia
Agnieszka Maria Kmiecik	An essay on European integration in the 20 th century analyzing the political structures of each member state as well as larger European Institutions
David Mekelberg	A theoretical research project focusing on the ability of the mass media to create and design principles, norms, rules, and decision-making principles in the international system
Krista Schwarz	Research exploring why attempts at international coordination of financial systems succeed and fail Specific focus will be placed on the European Exchange Rate Mechanism and the Asian crisis
Mari Beth Tackett	A thesis exploring the political obstacles preventing Slovakia 's accession to the European Union
Orlena yee	Germany and the Prospect of Hegemonics stability theory the relationship between dominance, hegemony and leadership explored through the Yugoslav crisis
Joseph Jupille	An examination of the integration and policy making and procedural provisions in the European Community and the transformation of the European Community from a treaty-based international organization to a quasi-federal polity

1997

Sabine Durier	An independent research on the topic of comparing and contrasting the importance of external relations in the US federation-building process with the same process in the European Union
Timothy Lynch	Researching and presenting an international solution to ownership of the Spratly Islands with international integration and federalism as the backbone of this project
Martin Stein	Research into the setting of federalism in Africa
Philip Moreman	A dissertation to explore the use of private rights of action under international law to constrain domestic executives acting in the international system and to empower these groups.
Ai Hattori	A study focusing on the process of world integration based on the concepts of federalism.

1996

Amanda Dickens	Research paper comparing the development of federalism in the United States and in the European Union, concentrating on the way in which courts have extended the role of the federal level of government.
Nicholas Sambanis	A theory-based analysis of the potential for a resolution to the Cyprus problem which compares how alternative federalist designs might be appropriate for resolving the dispute
Eric Stambler	A paper addressing the possibility of developing federal foreign and security policies for Europe , both under the auspices of the Common Foreign and Security Policy as outlined in the Maastricht Treaty, and through complementary measures.
Liu Wei-yu	A research program examining the shape of today's “new Europe ” paying special attention to the “widening” and “deepening” of the European Union and ways in which this regional experience with integration can be used as a model for other regions, primarily the Asia-Pacific.
Brent Talbot	Interviews with UN and NATO officials as part of a doctoral dissertation research examining institutions of collective security, namely the League of Nations, United Nations, and NATO, as well as US led coalitions, to determine how and why each of the institutions were successful in preventing ethnic conflict.
Gaspare Matteo Genna	A paper drawing upon the Eurobarometer survey series, a measure of public opinion in the European Union since 1974, to examine how the changing values of European citizenry will influence the political integration process of Europe towards the end of federation
Marc Deane	A study of the incorporation of traditional political pillars and popular movements in Europe into the new structures evolving under the European Union, with a focus on those structures within Belgium as a case study.
J. Aaron Spitzer	A study of the Schengen Agreement allowing for the free movement of peoples across borders in the European Union and the effect the Agreement will have on formulating a new definition of sovereignty in Europe
Karaca Mestci	A project examining the ethnic conflicts in Europe and how European integration and the principle of subsidiarity might better control them than national governments
Per Wimmer	A study of European Union enlargement into Central and Eastern Europe, focusing on the challenges facing the widening and deepening of the EU and offering solutions to these challenges

1995

Amy Richmond	Member State Participation Before the European Court of Justice
David Pawlak	Learning from Computers: The Future of the Free Trade Area of the Americas

1994

Gregory Hunt	A paper will be prepared which will address specific proposals for international cooperation between the Slovak Republic and Hungary in relation to the status of the Hungarian ethnic minority within the Slovak Republic.
Dale Johnson	A paper which will examine the interaction between the EC and national governments in the design and implementation of environmental regulations.

Tomaz Lovrencic	A paper tentatively titled, “Central-European Neutrality or NATO Membership? Dilemmas of Austria and Slovenia at the End of the Decade” which will analyze public opinion in both countries, reviewing military situation in both countries, and suggesting some possible outcomes and timing schemes.
Kevin Rapier	A research paper on the topic of international federalism and related topics, with a specific focus on “the political and social factors and problems facing integrative efforts initially based on economic cooperation”.
Alasdair M. Blair	A bibliography of European Security since 1980
Kenneth McDonald	"Air Superioroty Range, a Layered Defense and AEW" and "Sovereignty The Artificial soul of that artificial body, the state; Historical, Legal and Social Science Definitions"
Dale Johnson	Subsidiarity, Federalism and the Future Development of the European Union

1993

Marie Brake	A study of the current events within the context of historical evolution, and further, to attempt to explain or project those events on future integration, both regionally and globally.
Richard Hyde	A major paper concerning the topic of religious toleration in world federalism and a dissertation involving the role of religion in the new world order.
David Karl	A project exploring the idea of a “democratic peace system”.
Andre Louis Le Sage	Approaches to Nationalism and Public Order and the World Community.
James Wilets	A paper which proposes international legal principles to guide the world Community's response to the process of national dissolution and confederation, i.e., the process by which multi-ethnic states are dissolving into their component national groupings, and currently independent nations are forming larger federations and confederations.
Christopher Unger	A project analyzing the current transatlantic security structures and how they might be improved to allow further integration.
Raja Rao	Maastricht , The European Parliament and the future of the Common Foreign and Security Policy.
David Collier	A project analyzing the omnipresent international federalism of global capital markets.
Sergei A. Beliaev	Developing a brochure titled Concepts of World Unity in Russian Civilization.
Karl Irving	The development of Project Charisma, a study designed to produce ideas for strengthening the international legal regime.
Zarrin Cladwell	Human Rights and Federal Democracy the role of non-governmental organizations
Kathryn Stoner	A dissertation focusing on a study of Russian center-periphery relations in the post Soviet era.
Laura Gil	A comparative analysis of the legal regime of the Treaty of Mercosur and the Treaty of Rome.
Catherine Valanis	A project which will take a look at European federalism in the light of domestic policies and domestic opinion.

1992

Ira Straus	A dissertation which will give an explanation of why international democratic federation is necessary to render sovereignty consistent with freedom and peace.
Juan M. Luz	Analyzing the future of ASEAN and the quality of its relations with other communities notably the European Community, East Asia and North America .
Elizabeth Fife	A study of EPC (European Political Cooperation, the foreign policy making body of the EC) in terms of the domestic, institutional, and external forces that impede or further political unity.
David Karl	Bringing the East in from the cold The Case for a democratic security system in Europe
Kathryn Stoner	A doctoral dissertation which studies Russian center0periphery relations in the post-Soviet era
Christopher Unger	A paper which will survey the development of economic and monetary integration in Europe concentrating on the twenty-two year period from the Hague Summit of 1969 to the signature of the Union Treaty in Maastricht in 1991.
Michael T Clark	New Thinking and Old Realities America , Europe and Russia

1991

Dr. Ryszard Piotrowski

Editing and Publishing of a book consisting of a selection of contemporary constitutions including the "Illustrative Constitution for a Union of NATO, EC, OECD, and CSCE Democracies" translated into Polish

Streit Council joins the Atlantic Council of the U.S. and NATO's ACT in sponsoring the Achilles Seminar on Transformation and the Transatlantic Relationship

participants at the working group session

Global Threats,
Atlantic Structures
Historian Niall Ferguson delivering the keynote address at the Streit Council, Hudson Institute and Radio Free Europe's Conference on September 21st 2006.