Bologna Institute For Policy Research

Gary Sheffield MA, Chair of War Studies in the Department of History, Politics and War Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, U.K., discussed "What Lessons Can We Learn From the First World War?" as part of the Strategic Studies Series.

Andrew Koppelman, John Paul Stevens Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University, U.S., discussed "How Could Religious Liberty Be a Human Right?" as part of the Globalizing the Culture Wars: Religion in International Relations Series.

Leonardo Becchetti, Professor of Economics at the University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Italy, discussed "The Civil Economy Strategy Against Marginalization: Theory, Practice and Policy Suggestions" as part of the International Development and Economics Series.

Peo Hansen, Professor of Political Science at the Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity and Society, Linkoping University, Sweden discussed "Eurafrica: The Colonial History of European Integration and Its Contemporary Relevance" as part of the Contemporary History and Institutions of the Mediterranean Series.

Paul Adamson, Chairman of Forum Europe; Founder and editor of E!Sharp, Belgium, discussed "The Future of Transatlantic Relations" as part of the Understanding the New Europe Series.

Kathleen Collins, Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota, U.S., discussed "The Emergence and Mobilization of Islamism in the Former Soviet Union: Tajikistan in Comparative Perspective" as part of the Constitutional Developments in Central Asia Series.

Christopher J. Hill, Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor (effective 1 January 2017), Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, Johns Hopkins University SAIS, discussed "Emerging Populism and Foreign Policy" at SAIS Europe on Friday, October 14.

Irene Khan, Director-General of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) discussed "International Migration: Crisis or Opportunity? How Can Human Rights, Rule of Law and Sustainable Development Make a Difference?" as part of the Migration Series.

Ratna Kapur, Visiting Professor at Queen Mary University of London, Visiting Research Fellow at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, Global Professor of Law at the Jindal Global Law School in Delhi, and Senior Core Faculty at the Institute of Global Law and Policy at Harvard Law School discussed "Faith in Law" as part of the Globalizing the Culture Wars: Religion in International Relations Series.

Lloyd Gruber, The London School of Economics and Political Science, U.K. discussed "Globalization and the Politics of Inequality" as part of the New Trends in Central Banking and Finance Series

Sir Michael Leigh, Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and Visiting Scholar at the School of Advanced International Studies of The Johns Hopkins University, USA, discussed "Europe in Turmoil" at SAIS Europe on Tuesday, October 4.

Azar Gat, Ezer Weitzman Professor of National Security in the Department of Political Science, Tel Aviv University, discussed "Past and Future of War" as part of the Strategic Studies Series.

Daniel Maier, The Graduate Institute, Switzerland, discussed South Lebanon as a Vantage Point for the Processes of B/ordering as part of The Middle East: A Region in Upheaval Series.

Sais Faculty, David W. Ellwood, Charles Gati, Erik Jones, Adrian Lyttelton and Matthias Matthijs discuss "Brexit" as part of the Understanding the New Europe Series.

Raed Safadi, Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of Dubai, discussed "Industrial Policy in the Gulf Cooperation Council" as part of the International Commercial Policy Series.

Julia Buxton, Professor of Comparative Politics and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Programs at the School of Public Policy of the Central European University, Budapest, discussed "Drugs, Security and Development: The Latin American Perspective on International Drug Policy Reform" as part of the Development in Latin America Series.

Athena Peppes, Research Fellow and Economist at the Accenture Institute for High Performance, UK, discussed "Brazil's Productivity Crisis", as part of the Development in Latin America Series.

Gonçalo Almeida Ribeiro, Gulbenkian Professor at the Catolica Global School of Law and Co-coordinator of the Lisbon Section of Catolica Research Centre for the Future of Law, discussed "Judicial Activism against Austerity in Portugal" as part of the Contemporary Mediterranean History and Institutions Series.

Miguel Poiares Maduro, European University Institute, Italy; Former Minister for Regional Development; Former Advocate General at the European Court of Justice, Portugal discussed "Europe in Crisis: Reasons and Solutions" as part of the Contemporary Mediterranean History and Institutions Series.

Raymond Hinnebusch, founder and director of the Centre for Syrian Studies and professor of International Relations and Middle East Studies, University of St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, discussed "Explaining War in the Middle East: Deploying Waltz's Three Levels of Analysis" as part of the War and Peace in the Middle East Series.