Bologna Institute For Policy Research

Malise Ruthven, Writer, Journalist and Teacher focusing on religion, fundamentalism and Islamic affairs, U.K, spoke on "Religion, Identity and Violence" as part of the God, Power, and Politics: Religious Parties in the Middle East and North Africa Series.

Richard Caplan Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford, U.K., spoke on "Why Peace Fails: Explaining Civil War Recurrence and its Implications for International Strategy" as part of the International Relations Series.

Gayle Allard, Professor of Managerial Economics, Instituto de la Empresa, Madrid, Spain and Jacqueline Mazza, Professorial Lecturer, Latin American Studies Program, Johns Hopkins University SAIS, Washington, D.C., U.S., spoke on "China's Expansion in Latin America: Trends in Investment and Labor Migration" as part of the Latin American Policy Lessons: Perspectives for Europe Series.

Nabi Abdullaev, Head of the Foreign-language News Service, RIA Novosti, Russia, spoke on "North Caucasus Female Suicide Bombers: Organization Behind Despair" as part of the European and Eurasian Studies Series.

Tina Mendelsohn Presenter Cultural Programme, ZDF TV, Mainz, Germany, spoke on "Public Service Broadcasting under Pressure" as part of the International Journalism Series.

Morten Rasmussen Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, spoke on "European Integration - Between History and Political Science" as part of the Post-1945 International History Series.

Korinna Horta, Expert for International Finance, Environment and Human Rights, Urgewald, Germany, spoke on "Multilateral Development Finance and Extractive Industries in Africa: The Chad-Cameroon Oil and Pipeline Project" as part of the Changing Landscapes of Development Cooperation Series.

Pinar Bilgin Associate Professor of International Relations, Department of International Relations, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey; Visiting Senior Research Fellow, King's College, London, U.K., discussed "AKP's New Geographic Imagination and Turkey's Foreign Policies" on Thursday, February 27.

Bernard Hoekman, Professor and Program Director of Global Economics, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, spoke on "Governance of Deeper Economic Integration in a Supply Chain World" as part of the Economic Series

Bill Emmott, Journalist and Writer; Former Editor of The Economist, spoke on "Covering the European Union without Europeans" as part of the International Journalism Series.

Anna Gryzmala-Busse, Ronald and Eileen Weiser Professor of European and Eurasian Studies, Department of Political Science and Director, Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies and the Weiser Center for Europe, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S., spoke on "Weapons of the Meek: How Churches Influence Democratic Policy" as part of the European and Eurasian Studies Series

David Boucher, Chair of Political Theory and International Relations and Director of the Collingwood and British Idealism Centre, Cardiff University, U.K.; Distinguished Research Associate, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, spoke on "Hobbes, International Relations and International Law" as part of the International Relations Series

Harald Fuhr, International Politics Chair, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Potsdam, Germany, spoke on "New Actors in Development: Subnational Governments and International Climate Policy" as part of the Changing Landscapes of Development Cooperation Series

William Hynes, Policy Analyst/Economist, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Research Associate, Institute for International Integration Studies, Paris, France, spoke on "How Can the International Community Support Green Growth in Developing Countries?" as part of the Economic Series

Josefina Stubbs, Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, International Food and Agriculture Organization (IFAD), United Nations, Rome, Italy, spoke on "Rural Poverty, Inequality, and Social Exclusion: Middle-Income and Latin American Challenges and Lessons" as part of the Latin American Policy Lessons: Perspectives for Europe Series

Neal Ascherson, Journalist and Writer, Scotland, spoke on "Globalisation and the Politics of Identity in Scotland" as part of the Post-1945 International History Series

Michael Young, Opinion Editor, Daily Star, Beirut, Lebanon, spoke on "Hezbollah, the Syrian Uprising, and Struggle for the Middle East" as part of the God, Power, and Politics: Religious Parties in the Middle East and North Africa Series

John A. Thompson, Emeritus Reader in American History, University of Cambridge and Emeritus Fellow, St Catharine's College, Cambridge, U.K., spoke on "Woodrow Wilson and the Evolution of 'Wilsonianism'" as part of the America Foreign Policy Series

Filippo Gamba, Director, Strategy and Development, Counterpoint, London, UK; Megan Greene, Chief Economist, Maverick Intelligence, London, UK; Stephanie Hare, Senior Analyst, Western Europe, Oxford Analytica, London, UK; Wolfango Piccoli, Managing Director, Teneo Intelligence, London, UK, spoke on "Political Risk Consulting: Anticipating Global Challenges" as part of the Risk Series and the Global Risk Management Course

Josef Joffe, Publisher-Editor of Die Zeit, Germany; Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Visiting Professor of Political Science and Marc and Anita Abramowitz Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford, California, U.S., spoke on "The Myth of American Decline: Why China Won't Inherit the Earth" as part of the International Relations Series