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This conference builds on, and takes further, the debate on factors that contribute to internatinal peace and stability while focusing analysis and discussion on the democratic peace thesis. It discusses and highlights the relationship between democracy and peace alongside a number of other factors such as economic interdependence and international institutions. Moreover, as the outbreak of World War I marked the ultimate demise of a "peace order" based on the Contert of Europe, the relationship between democracy and a concert of powers ist also examined. Overall, starting with a theoretical debate, the conference sets forth to explore the impact of democracy in selected issue areas and in relation to selected factors. It furthermore raises the question as to what role the EU could or should play with regards to the uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa, traces the effects of the financial crisis on peace and stability in Europe, and seeks to highlight the possible implications of a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.