Bologna Institute For Policy Research

Vitor Constancio, Former Vice President, European Central Bank (2010-2018), Portugal, discussed "The Optimum Currency Area Theory and the Euro" as part of the Johns Hopkins SAIS Global Risk Conference.

Frederik Ducrozet, Pictet Wealth Management, Switzerland, Nicola Giammarioli, European Stability Mechanism, Luxembourg, and Michala Marcussen, Societe General, France, discussed "Financial Risk and Public Debt Management in the Euro Zone" as part of the Johns Hopkins SAIS Global Risk Conference.

Maud Anne Bracke, University of Glasgow, U.K. discussed "Women and the Reinvention of the Political: Feminism in Italy During the Long 1970s in International Perspective" as part of the Contemporary History and Institutions of the Mediterranean Series.

Vincent Cochetel, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), discussed "Current Challenges to Manage Mixed Migration Flows along the Central Mediterranean Route" as part of the Protection and Populism Series.

Aurelie Mouna Daher, Universite Paris-Dauphine, France, discussed "A State Within the State or a Regular Party? An Attempt at Defining Lebanese Hezbollah" as part of the States and Non-state Actors in the Middle East Series.

John Thompson, ETH in Zurich, Switzerland, discussed "Trump, Theodore Roosevelt, and the Politics of US Foreign Policy" as part of the American Foreign Policy Series.

David Litt, special assistant to President Obama and senior presidential speechwriter, presented his latest book at SAIS Europe on Tuesday, September 25.

Jessica Fanzo, Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of Global Food & Agricultural Policy and Ethics, Johns Hopkins University SAIS, USA, discussed "Drivers of Food Insecurity" at SAIS Europe on Monday, September 24.

Marc Lazar, Sciences-Po Paris, France; LUISS, Italy, discussed "Macron One Year After: A Political Big Bang for France and EU?" as part of the Contemporary History and Institutions of the Mediterranean Series and Patrick McCarthy Memorial Series on Intellectuals and Politics.

Desmond King, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, U.K, discussed "The Rise and Fall of the Activist State: A Modern American Tragedy or Trump’s Triumph?" as part of the Understanding the new Europe Series.

Karen Macours, Paris School of Economics; French National Institute for Agricultural Research, France, discussed "Early Childhood Development, Parental Investments and Social Interactions in Developing Countries". The event was organized by the Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe Student Government Association.

Panicos Demetriades, University of Leicester, U.K.; Former Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus, discussed "Political Risk. A Diary of the Euro Crisis in Cyprus" as part of The Johns Hopkins SAIS Global Risk Conference - The Janika Albers Memorial Lecture in Political Risk.

Stefania Milan, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, discussed "Citizenship Re-invented: The Evolution of Politics in the Datafied Society as part of the Politics Beyond the State: Politics in the Internet Era Series.

Evi Pappa, European University Institute, Italy, discussed "Sentimental Business Cycles" as part of the International Economics Series.

Margaret MacMillan, Johns Hopkins University SAIS, U.S., presents her latest book "History's People" at SAIS Europe on Thursday, April 12.

Salvatore Lombardo, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR, Switzerland, joined a Conversation on Current Refugee and Migration Issues as part of the Migration Series.

Igor Zevelev, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Germany, discussed "Imagining Russia: Ideas that Shape National Identity and Foreign Policy" as part of the Understanding the New Europe Series.

Anton Hemerijck, European University Institute, Italy, discussed "Making Social Investment Work" as part of the Understanding the New Europe Series.

Luisa Chiodi, Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso - Transeuropa, Italy, discussed "Hard and Soft Power Struggles in the Balkans" as part of the Hard Power/Soft Power in Global Politics Series.

Jack N. Rakove, Pulitzer Prize Winner; Stanford University, U.S., discusses "Trumping the American Constitution: A Genuine Crisis?" as part of the American Foreign Policy Series.