The book is the final result of the EUintegRATIO project of the 7th Framework Programme coordinated by the Warsaw School of Economics. It was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the Faculty of Management, Uniwersity of Warsaw, the Uniwersity of Gdansk and the National Contact Point for Research Programmes of the European Union. The publication refers to selected issues debated during the international conference European integration process in the new regional and global settings,, held as one of the flagship conferences under the Polish Presidency in the EU in October 2011, Warsaw. The conference made a unique platform for discussions among researches, politicians and representatives of different institutions across Europe.