Bologna Institute For Policy Research

Josef Joffe, Publisher-Editor of Die Zeit, Germany; Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; Visiting Professor of Political Science; Marc and Anita Abramowitz Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford, California, U.S., spoke on "From the Iranian Bomb to U.S.-Chinese Rivalry in the Western Pacific: On the Uses and Limits of Realism in the Affairs of Nations" International Relations: Not Only Realism Series

Megan Greene, Director of Economic Research on Western Europe and the Eurozone, Roubini Global Economics, London, U.K.; Sarah Naimark, Senior Associate, Oxford Analytica, Oxford, U.K.; Wolfango Piccoli, Director, London Office and Practice Head, Eurasia Group, London, U.K., spoke on a "Roundtable on Political Risk Consulting: Anticipating Global Challenges" as part of the Risk Series and the Global Risk Management Course

Suzana Lipovac, Founder and Managing Director, KinderBerg International, Stuttgart, Germany, spoke on "The West's Withdrawal from Afghanistan - How Do the Afghans Feel About It?" as part of the Issues of Conflict Management Series

Nicolay Petrov, Chair of the Society and Regions Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Moscow, Russia, spoke on "The Fall of Putin's Micromanaged Democracy" as part of the European and Eurasian Studies Series

Adela Gjuricova, Senior Researcher, Czech Institute of Contemporary History, Academy of Science, Prague, Czech Republic, spoke on "The Man Who Never Wanted to Be President: Vaclav Havel's Dilemmas in the Velvet Revolution" as part of the Patrick MacCarthy Memorial Series on Intellectuals and Politics

Avraham Sela, Ephraim and Shirley Diamond Family Professor of International Relations, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, spoke on "Deadlocked: The Palestinian Authority in Domestic and International Perspectives" as part of the Leadership & Political Change in the Middle East Series

Pier Carlo Padoan, Deputy Secretary-General and Chief Economist, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris, France, spoke on "Returning to Sustainable Growth in the World Economy" as part of the Economics Series

Ellen Silbergeld, Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health; Editor-in-Chief, Environmental Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, U.S., spoke on "Mongolia: Punctuated (R)evolution and Social Change" as part of the Energy, Resources and Environment Series

Albert Gerard (Bert) Koenders, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI), spoke on "Taking Over Responsibility for One of the Largest UN missions in Africa: How to Transform War-torn Cote d'Ivoire from Conflict to Good Governance and Stability?" as part of the Issues of Conflict Management Series

Veronica Rappoport, Lecturer, Economics Department, London School of Economics, U.K., spoke on "Debt and Export Dynamics" as part of the Economic Series

Jane Kinninmont, Senior Research Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House, London, U.K., spoke on "Leadership and Leaderlessness in Contemporary Egyptian Politics?" as part of the Leadership & Political Change in the Middle East Series

Peter Schneider, Freelance Publisher and Journalist, Berlin, Germany, spoke on "The 68' Student Movement - Ideological Nonsense or Legitimate Uprising?" as part of the Issues of Conflict Management Series

Charlie Jeffery, Professor of Politics, Head of the School of Social and Political Science and Vice Principal for Public Policy and Impact, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, spoke on 'The Disuniting Kingdom: Scotland, England, and the Future of the U.K." as part of the European and Eurasian Studies Series

David P. Calleo, Dean Acheson Professor; University Professor, Johns Hopkins University SAIS, Washington D.C., U.S., spoke on "America's Global Overstretch: Europe the Cure?" as part of the European and Eurasian Studies Series

Thomas Paulsen, Executive Director International Affairs, Korber Foundation, Berlin, Germany spoke on "Angela Merkel and the Paradox of German Leadership in Europe - Debates Inside and Outside Berlin" as part of the Issues of Conflict Management Series

Stephen Gundle, Professor of Film and Television Studies, University of Warwick, U.K., spoke on "Mussolini's Ghost: The Afterlife of a Personality Cult" as part of the Patrick McCarthy Series on Intellectuals and Politics

Joseph P. Quinlan, Managing Director and Chief Marketing Strategist, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, New York, US; Senior Fellow, Johns Hopkins University SAIS, Washington D.C., U.S.; Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund in Brussels, Belgium, spoke on "The Global Economy at Risk: Debt in the West, Doubt in Rest" as part of the European and Eurasian Studies Series

Marjorie-Ann Bromhead, Natural Resrouces and Climate Change Advisor; Former Director for Environment, World Bank; Trustee, Prince Charles Foundation, UK, spoke on "A Changing Landscape for Development Cooperation: Green Growth" as part of the Changing Landscapes of Development Cooperation Series

Ken Booth, Senior Research Associate, Aberystwyth University; Editor, International Relations; Director, David Davies Memorial Institute of International Studies, UK spoke on "Desperately Seeking Kenneth Waltz" as part of the International Relations Series

Paul Adamson, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of E!Sharp, Brussels, Belgium spoke on "Europe's Never-ending Crisis: The View from Brussels" as part of the Eurapoean and Eurasian Studies Series