Twice named Jean Monnet Chair in EU Studies, Stefan AUER is Professor of European Studies at the University of Hong Kong. He has published an award-winning monograph, Liberal Nationalism in Central Europe (London: Routledge 2004), and articles in Government and Opposition; International Affairs; The Journal of Common Market Studies, Osteuropa and West European Politics, among others. He also writes occasional opinion pieces for The Financial Times, Politico, The South China Morning Post and The World Today (Chatham House) and comments on European politics in the media, such as CNBC and RTHK. Most recently he published, European Disunion: Democracy, Sovereignty and the Politics of Emergency (London/New York: Hurst/OUP, 2022