Bologna Institute For Policy Research

Anthony Elson, International Economic Consultant, USA, spoke on "The Global Financial Crisis of 2008-09 and Reform of the International Financial Architecture: A Progress Report" as part of the Economics Series

Gary Sick, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, Senior Research Scholar, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, NY, USA, spoke on "The United States in the Persian Gulf. From Outlier to Empire (Part III of a Four-Part Series)" as part of the American Foreign Policy Series

Paulo Calzani, Senior Advisor, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI), Milan, Italy; Adjunct Professor of European Studies, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center, Italy, spoke on "Russia and Europe: Problems and Perspectives of the Common Neighbourhood" as part of the European and Eurasian Studies Series

Gary Sick, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, Senior Research Scholar, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, NY, USA, spoke on "The United States in the Persian Gulf. From Outlier to Empire (Part II of a Four-Part Series)" as part of the American Foreign Policy Series

Adrian Lyttelton, Professor of History 1979-1990, Senior Adjunct Professor of European Studies, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center, Italy, spoke on "Intellectuals in Crisis: 1956 and the Italian Left" as part of the Patrick McCarthy Memorial Series on Intellectuals and Politics

David J. Jhirad HRH, Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Professor of Environmental Policy, Director of the Energy, Resources and Environment (ERE) Program, Johns Hopkins University SAIS, Washington DC, USA spoke on "Smart Energy Globalization: Confronting Challenges, Constructing Solutions" as part of the Energy, Resources and Environment Series

Gary Sick, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, Senior Research Scholar, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, NY, USA, spoke on "The United States in the Persian Gulf. From Outlier to Empire (Part I of a Four-Part Series)" as part of the American Foreign Policy Series

William Roberts Clark, Professor, Political Science Department Faculty Associate, Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, spoke on "The Federal Reserve May Be Politically Independent, But It Is Not Politically Indifferent" as part of the Economics Series

Georg Sorenson, Professor, International Politics and Economics, Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark spoke on "A Liberal World Order in Crisis" as part of the International Relations Seminar Series

Charles F. Doran, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of International Relations, Director of the Global Theory and History Program, Director of the Center for Canadian Studies, Johns Hopkins University SAIS, Washington DC, USA, spoke on "Is War with China Inevitable?" as part of the International Relations Series

Vera Negri Zamagni, Chair and Professor of Economic History, University of Bologna, Italy; Professor of Economic History, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center, Italy, spoke on "The Italian Economy in the Midst of the Current Economic Turmoil" as part of the SAIS Europe Orientation Week

Anna Ottani Cavina, Professor of Art History and Chair of the Department of Visual Arts, University of Bologna, Italy; Director, Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna, Italy; Adjunct Professor of Italian Art History, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center, Italy, spoke on "Discovering Bologna - The Secret Charme of a City" as part of the SAIS Europe Orientation Week

Gianfranco Pasquino, Professor of Political Science, University of Bologna, Italy; Senior Adjunct Professor of European Studies, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center, Italy spoke on ‘Italian Politics on the Verge of Change: Opportunities and Problems" as part of the SAIS Europe Orientation Week

Sean Kay, Professor of Politics and Government, Chair of International Studies, Ohio Wesleyan University, USA spoke on "After Libya - A Reassessment of NATO's Role in Transatlantic Security" as part of the European and Eurasian Studies Series.

Mario Draghi, Governor, Bank of Italy, delivered a lecture at the Bologna Center to honor the memory of Professor Enzo Grilli (1943-2006).

Josef Joffe, Editor, Die Zeit; senior fellow at Stanford's Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies; and Johns Hopkins University alumnus delivered a lecture at the Bologna Center. Marco Cesa, professor of International Relations, introduced him.

Adrian Lyttelton, professor of History 1979-1990 and senior adjunct professor of European Studies 2000- at the Bologna Center delivered a two-part lecture at the Center in front of a crowd of professors, students and other guests.

Adrian Lyttelton, professor of History 1979-1990 and senior adjunct professor of European Studies 2000- at the Bologna Center delivered a two-part lecture at the Center in front of a crowd of professors, students and other guests.

Romano Prodi, president of the Foundation for Worldwide Cooperation, chairman of the United Nations-African Union Panel for Peacekeeping in Africa, former president of the European Commission (1999-2005), and former Prime Minister of Italy (1996-1998 and 2006-2008) delivered a lecture at the SAIS Bologna Center. Director Kenneth H. Keller introduced Prodi.

Fawaz A. Gerges, Professor of Middle Eastern Politics and International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science delivered a lecture at the Bologna Center. He is Best-selling Author of Journey of the Jihadist: Inside Muslim Militancy and The Far Enemy: Why Jihad Went Global. Adjunct professor of Middle East Studies, Karim Mezran, introduced Gerges.