Defence date: 2 October 1991
Examining board: Prof. Gerard Braunthal, University of Massachussetts at Amherst ; Prof. Roger Morgan, European University Institute, supervisor ; Simon Nuttall, Director, Commission of the European Communities ; Rüdiger Freiherr von Wechmar, Ambassador a.D., MEP ; Prof. Dr. Werner Weidenfeld, University of Mainz, co-supervisor