This is the 7th issue, contents: VAHAN GALOUMIAN: THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK OF THE MICROASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCE - GREAT POWER POLITICS, TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, RACE TO THE BOTTOM OR WHAT? - JUDITH HARTMANN AND CHRISTIAN KREUDER-SONNEN: HEGEMONIC DISCOURSE AND THE TRANSNATIONAL CAPITALIST CLASS: A THEORETICAL APPROACH TO GLOBAL SOCIAL STRATIFICATION. THE CASE OF THE WORLD BANK - MARTIN KOEPPEL: DIE INTERNATIONALE ENERGIEAGENTUR: HUETERIN DER EUROPAEISCHEN SICHERHEIT? - ANDREA SCHUESSLER: HAS TRANSNATIONAL ISLAMISM EMERGED IN RESPONSE TO GLOBALIZATION? STREITBARJORIS LARIK: OF DIPLOMATS, FONCTIONNAIRES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION: THE CHALLENGE OF REPRESENTING A SUI GENERIS ENTITY