Handley Stevens was a Visiting Research Associate, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. Treaty work featured prominently throughout his previous career in UK government service, both at home and abroad. As Head of International Aviation in the Department of Transport from 1983 to 1987, he led negotiations both with the EU and with the USA. Handley Stevens has written extensively on UK and EU administration and transport policies. His other books include Transport Policy in Britain (with Stephen Glaister et al), Brussels Bureaucrats? (with Anne Stevens) and Transport Policy in the European Union.