Dr. Esa Stenberg is a professor of international trade and business and the director of the Pan-European Institute at the Turku School of Economics and Business Administration. He has published both scientific and news paper articles in the area of international business and EU’s external relations. He has also written columns on political issues in Finnish newspapers. Prior to his current position he worked as a professor of international business at the HelsinkiSchool of Economics and Business Administration and for half a year as special adviser of the minister of trade and industry.