Bologna Institute For Policy Research

Victor Ferreres Comella Senior Lecturer of Constitutional Law, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; Visiting Professor, The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX, U.S., discussed "The Spanish Constitutional Court and the Catalan Question" as part of the Contemporary Mediterranean History and Institutions Series.

Michael G. Plummer Director and Eni Professor of International Economics, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe, Bologna, Italy, presented his new book entitled "Regional Perspectives on Aid for Trade" as part of the Faculty Authors Series.

Thomas Christiansen Jean Monnet Professor of European Institutional Politics and Co-Director, Maastricht Centre for European Governance, Maastricht University, The Netherlands, discussed "China and the European Union: Strategic Partners against the Status Quo?" as part of the European and Eurasian Studies Series.

Peter Schneider Author and Journalist, Berlin, Germany, discussed "Why Does Berlin Attract so Many - It Cannot Be Because of its Beauty" as part of the Issues of Conflict Management Series.

Susan Stone Senior Trade Policy Analyst, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris, France, discussed "I Know it's There, I Just Can't See It: Dynamic Gains from Trade" as part of the Emerging Trends in International Commercial Policy Series.

Sten Rynning Professor and Head, Center for War Studies, Department of Political Science and Public Management, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, discussed "NATO in Afghanistan: Innovating but not Learning" as part of the NATO Since 2001 Series.

David W. Ellwood Senior Adjunct Professor of European and Eurasian Studies, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe, Bologna, Italy, discussed "Power, Modernity and Identity in Bologna: From the Cold War to Eataly" as part of the Post-1945 International History Series

Dubravka Stojanovic Professor, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Serbia, discussed "The Memory of the First World War in Serbia" as part of the World War I Series.

Benedicta Marzinotto Lecturer in Political Economy, University of Udine, Italy; Policy Analyst - Economist, Labour Market Reforms, DG ECFIN - Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission, Brussels; Fellow at Large, Bruegel University, Belgium, discussed "New Trends in European Macroeconomic Governance" as part of the European and Eurasian Studies Series.

Paolo Calzini Adjunct Professor of European and Eurasian Studies, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe, Bologna, Italy, discussed "The Ukrainian Crisis. The Conflict's Domestic Dimension. Origin, Problems, Perspectives" as part of the European and Eurasian Studies Series.

Carlo Cottarelli Italian Commissioner for Public Spending Reform; Former Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund, Rome, Italy, discussed "Spending Review, Fiscal Policy and Growth" as part of the Financial Crisis & Growth Series.

Antonio Missiroli Director, European Union Institute for Security Studies (Euiss), Paris, France, discussed "European Security between NATO and the EU" as part of the NATO Since 2001 Series.

Francesco Biagi, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Law, University of Bologna; Researcher, Center for Constitutional Studies and Democratic Development (CCSDD), Bologna, Italy and Sara Pennicino, Non Tenured Research Fellow of Comparative Public Law, University of Padua; Project Coordinator, CCSDD, Bologna, Italy, discussed "Transitions, Elections, Democracy. The Role of Comparative Constitutional Law" as part of the Law Series.

Walter Veltroni Italian Writer, Journalist and Politician. Former Leader of the Democratic Party and Former Mayor of Rome, Italy, discussed "Quando c'era Berlinguer" as part of the Contemporary Mediterranean History and Institutions Series.

Charles P. Ries Vice President, International, RAND Corporation; Former U.S. Ambassador to Greece, Washington D.C., U.S., spoke about "Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Opportunities and Challenges for the USA and Italy".

Anthony Howe Professor of Modern History, University of East Anglia, Norfolk, U.K., discussed British Liberal Internationalism as part of the British Tradition in International Relations Series.

Francisco E. Gonzalez, Riordan Roett Senior Associate Professor of Latin American Studies, Johns Hopkins University SAIS, Washington D.C., U.S. discussed "Freedom for Few: Mexico under Misplaced Monopolies" as part of the Latin America and the World Series.

Alicia Garcia-Herrero Chief Economist for Emerging Markets, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Madrid, Spain, discussed "China's Financial Reform and the Challenges for Its Financial System" as part of the Emerging Trends in International Commercial Policy Series.

Markus Kornprobst, Professor of International Relations, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Austria, spoke on "Diplomacy, Communication, and Governance: The Case of Nuclear Non-proliferation" as part of the International Relations Series.

George Dimitrakopoulos, Former Member (1994 to 2009) and Second Vice President of the European Parliament, Greece, Francisco Torres, Santander Visiting Fellow, St. Antony's College, Oxford, U.K., and Lousewies van der Laan, Vice-president, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) and Independent Political Advisor on Democracy, International Justice and Human Rights, The Netherlands, spoke at a "Roundtable on the European Parliamentary Elections" as part of the European and Eurasian Studies Series.