Who's Coming
Lauren Ailslieger
Teddi Alexander
Farima Alidadi
Faraz Ansari
Isabella Barsalona
Adele Barzelay
Alexei Bayer
Blake Bell
Ryan Bender
Alessandra Bonissoni
Derek Brooks Brooks
Laura Bustamante
Michael Bustamante
Gabrielle Calabro
Jordan Canedy
Baran Cansever
Erwin Chaloupka
Gabriella Chiappini
Claire Coffinet
Damien Cordova
Lopo de castro Neto
Jessie Dietz
Megan Doherty
Lizbeth Edwards
Lisa Evans
Jessica Fanzo
Daphne Flores
Paul Fraker
John Francisco
Bianca Galarza
Laura Garner
Lara Gohr
Janet Gruschow Francisco
Megi Hakobjanyan
Roger Hardon
Patricia Hartendorp
Khadija Hill
Jack Hoagland
Emily Howard
Issac Hu
Brad Ivie
Talha Jalal
Nezar Jamal
Clay Kitchura
Josh Kowalczyk
Anna-Marie Kroos
Anne Lester Trevisan
Jiayou (Leon) Lin
Patricia Lloyd
Theresa Luetkefend
Yumna Madi
Olivia Magnanini
Amber Malone
Emre Marcelli
Zachary McCutcheon
Jill McGovern
Allison McNeill
Eric Melby
Pamela Melby
Marshall Millsap
Aditya Misra
Shirin Mohammadi
Eugene Karl Montoya Alessandri
Sarah Morrison
Edward Morse
Carrie Nichols Cantor
Sara Pinto
Michael Plummer
Nick Polk
Will Putzier
Sergey Radchenko
Julianna Rak
Shafi Rehman
Frederick Richardson
James Rix
Jon Saalfield
Olivia Salberg
Samira Salha
Zeke Schumacher
Gianni Sellers
Vanessa Sellers
Yuri Serafini
Vivek Sharma
Benjamin Shinogle
Molly Shutt
Emma Slater
David Snyder
Markus Specht
James B. Steinberg
Chris Stelling
Elda Stifani
Harrison Tanchuck
James Tedesco
Kathleen Tesluk
Thomas Tesluk
William Thorne
Rosemarie Treanor
Adrian Trevisan
Judit Vasarhelyi - Kondor
Adelle Bernadette Anne Vaz
Carol Wasserman
Jack Wasserman
Anna Wilson
Bonnie Wilson
Sponsors
Platinum
Jill McGovern
Alison & James von Klemperer
Madeleine McCartney
Clare Muñana
Gold
Eric and Pamela Melby
Ed and Linda Morse
Ottimi Amici
Teddi Alexander
Marshall Millsap
Gianni Sellers
Vanessa Sellers
Kathleen Tesluk
Thomas Tesluk
Carol Wasserman
Jack Wasserman
Grandi Amici
Laura Garner
Roger Hardon
Amici
Farima Alidadi
Adele Barzelay
Alexei Bayer
Blake Bell
Ryan Bender
Derek Brooks Brooks
Laura Bustamante
Michael Bustamante
Gabrielle Calabro
Jordan Canedy
Erwin Chaloupka
Gabriella Chiappini
Damien Cordova
Jessie Dietz
Lizbeth Edwards
Lisa Evans
Jessica Fanzo
Paul Fraker
John Francisco
Lara Gohr
Janet Gruschow Francisco
Megi Hakobjanyan
Patricia Hartendorp
Khadija Hill
Jack Hoagland
Emily Howard
Brad Ivie
Talha Jalal
Clay Kitchura
Anne Lester Trevisan
Jiayou (Leon) Lin
Patricia Lloyd
Theresa Luetkefend
Yumna Madi
Emre Marcelli
Jill McGovern
Eric Melby
Pamela Melby
Aditya Misra
Shirin Mohammadi
Eugene Karl Montoya Alessandri
Sarah Morrison
Edward Morse
Carrie Nichols Cantor
Sara Pinto
Michael Plummer
Nick Polk
Will Putzier
Sergey Radchenko
Shafi Rehman
James Rix
Zeke Schumacher
Yuri Serafini
Vivek Sharma
David Snyder
James B. Steinberg
Chris Stelling
Elda Stifani
William Thorne
Rosemarie Treanor
Adrian Trevisan
Judit Vasarhelyi - Kondor
Anna Wilson
Bonnie Wilson
Nuovi Amici
Lauren Ailslieger
Faraz Ansari
Isabella Barsalona
Alessandra Bonissoni
Baran Cansever
Claire Coffinet
Lopo de castro Neto
Megan Doherty
Daphne Flores
Bianca Galarza
Issac Hu
Nezar Jamal
Josh Kowalczyk
Anna-Marie Kroos
Olivia Magnanini
Amber Malone
Zachary McCutcheon
Allison McNeill
Julianna Rak
Frederick Richardson
Jon Saalfield
Olivia Salberg
Samira Salha
Benjamin Shinogle
Molly Shutt
Emma Slater
Markus Specht
Harrison Tanchuck
James Tedesco
Adelle Bernadette Anne Vaz
Amici di Bologna 2021 (Virtual)
Online
October 9, 2021
"U.S.-China relations in the new era of tech competition"
Speakers:
Sergey Radchenko, SAIS Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor
Thomas Rid, SAIS Professor of Strategic Studies
Moderated by:
Julia Friedlander ('10), CEO, Atlantik-Brücke
Amici di Bologna 2020 (Virtual)
Online
October 3rd, 2020 "U.S. Foreign Policy After the Elections: Which Direction?"
Speakers:
Madeleine Albright, Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group and Albright Capital Management; Former U.S. Secretary of State
Christopher Hill, SAIS Senior Adjunct Professor
Moderated by:
Michael Leigh, SAIS Academic Director, Master of Arts in European Public Policy; and Senior Adjunct Professor of European Studies
Amici di Bologna 2018
UN Delegates Dining Room - New York City
October 6th, 2018 Photo Gallery
The Migration Challenge: Immigration Issues Facing the US and Europe
Speakers:
Antonio Parenti (B '94, '95), Minister Counsellor, EU Delegation to the UN; and Principal EU negotiator to the UN Global Compact on Migration
Jaqueline Mazza (B '83, '84, PhD.'98), Adjunct Professor of International Development at SAIS
Moderated by:
Michael G. Plummer (B '82), Director of SAIS Europe; and Eni Professor of International Economics
Amici di Bologna 2017
Austrian Embassy - Washington D.C.
"Amici di Bologna Austrian Ball"
October 7th, 2017 Photo Gallery
Populism and Foreign Policy
Speakers:
Christopher Hill, Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor, Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs
Margaret MacMillan, Xerox Foundation Distinguished Scholar Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs
Moderated by:
Erik Jones (B'89, '90, SAIS PhD '96), Director of European and Eurasian Studies; and Professor of European Studies and International Political Economy
Amici di Bologna 2016
Clyde Frazier's Restaurant - New York City
"Boo-logna Halloween Party"
October 29th, 2016 Photo Gallery
Policy Challenges Facing the Next Administration: What Scares You the Most?
Speakers:
Sandra Babcock (B'85, JHU'86), Clinical Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
Human Rights in an Age of Populism
At their national conventions, the rhetoric and platforms of Republicans and Democrats offered different glimpses of policy choices that will have profound implications for the country's human rights practices at home and abroad. Will the winner of the November elections imperil or strengthen the United States' human rights record?
Alan Kuperman ('96), Associate Professor of Public Affairs, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
Nuclear Weapons Modernization: Spending Billions to Make Us Less Secure?
President Obama has embraced modernizing U.S. nuclear weapons to make them more usable, by increasing their precision and reducing their yield. Will the next president continue down this road that makes nuclear war more likely?
Michael Plummer (B'82), Director, SAIS Europe, and Eni Professor of International Economics
What Happens When Rhetoric Meets Economic Reality after November?
Candidates for both parties have presented economic programs that will require extensive elaboration once in office. Which known unknowns will be of greatest concern?
Moderated by:
Paul Cruickshank (B'03,'04), CNN's Terrorism Analyst, Editor in Chief, CTC Sentinel
Amici di Bologna 2015
The Italian Embassy - Washington, DC.
October 10th, 2015 Photo Gallery
Looking Over the Horizon - Strategic Opportunities and Challenges Facing the Next U.S. Administration
Speakers:
Deborah Bräutigam, Bernard L. Schwartz Professor in International Political Economy; Professor of International Development and Comparative Politics; and Director of International Development Program and China-Africa Research Initiative - SAIS
Mark Gilbert, Professor of International History, SAIS Europe
John McLaughlin, (B'66, '66), Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence, The Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies, SAIS Europe
Moderated by:
Mary E. Kissel, (B'03, '04), Member of the Editorial Board, The Wall Street Journal
Amici di Bologna 2014
The Atlantica - New York City
October 25th, 2014 Photo Gallery
Russia, Ukraine and the West: A New Cold War?
Speakers:
Nicholas Burns ('80), Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government and former Under Secretary of State
John Harper (B'76, '77, Ph.D '81), Professor of American Foreign Policy at SAIS Europe
Amici di Bologna 2013
UN Delegates Dining Room - New York City
October 5th, 2013 Photo Gallery
The Limits of American Strategy and the Challenges of Intervention
Speakers:
David C. Unger, Member of the Editorial Board of The New York Times; and Adjunct Professor of American Foreign Policy - SAIS Europe
Erik Jones (B'89, '90, SAIS PhD '96), Director of European and Eurasian Studies; and Director of the Bologna Institute for Policy Research (BIPR) - SAIS Europe
Amici di Bologna 2012
New York Athletic Club - New York City
June 1st, 2012 Photo Gallery
The End of the End of History: So What's Next?
Speakers:
Marco Cesa, Professor of International Relations, SAIS Bologna Center and University of Bologna
Michael Plummer (B'82), ENI Chair in International Economics,
SAIS Bologna Center
Moderated by:
Erik Jones (B'89, '90, SAIS PhD '96), Professor of European Studies, SAIS Bologna Center; and Director, Bologna Institute for Policy Research
Amici di Bologna 2011
230 Fifth - New York City
June 4th, 2011 Photo Gallery
Beyond Regionalism: Complexity and Risk in a Changing Global Environment
Speakers:
Mahrukh Doctor (B'89, '90), Lecturer in Political Economy at the University of Hull, UK; and SAIS Europe Visiting Associate Professor
Mark Gilbert, SAIS Europe Visiting Associate Professor of History
Erik Jones (B'89, '90, SAIS PhD '96), SAIS Europe Professor of European Studies
Amici di Bologna 2010
Desmond Tutu Center - New York City
June 5th, 2010
Islam in Europe
Speakers:
Karim Mezran (SAIS PhD '02), Adjunct professor of Middle East Studies
Erik Jones (B'89, '90, SAIS PhD '96), Professor of European Studies
Thomas Row (B'79, '80, SAIS PhD '88), Senior Adjunct Professor of History
Moderated by:
Kenneth H. Keller (MSE JHU'63, JHU PhD '64), Bologna Center Director and Professor of Science and Technology Policy
Amici di Bologna 2009
UN Delegates Dining Room - New York City
June 6th, 2009
Twenty Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Speakers:
Marco Cesa, Professor of International Relations
Erik Jones (B'89, '90, SAIS PhD '96), Professor of European Studies
Vera Negri Zamagni, Senior Adjunct Professor of International Economics
Moderated by:
Kenneth H. Keller (MSE JHU'63, JHU PhD '64), Bologna Center Director and Professor of International Policy
Amici di Bologna 2008
Bank of America and Tribeca Restaurant- New York City
June 2008