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DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES ON A CHANGING WORLD

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hen we plan the contents of each issue of Rivista, we have several goals in mind: to convey to alumni and friends the flavor of what’s going on today at the Bologna Center, how things are the same as well as how they are different; to help readers understand what makes the Center a special place; and to stimulate, as all of SAIS does, thoughtful, textured discussions of the global issues that practitioners of public policy must confront today. Indeed, the two thoughtful articles on water you will find here are part of an all-SAIS effort this year to focus on water as just such an issue. As always, our students are central to understanding why the Center is a special place, and we deliberately give them great prominence in these pages. The setting of Bologna is, of course, also an important element in who we are, in part because it is a place that is easy to love and exciting to live in, but also because it provides, for most of us, a distinctly different place from which to observe the events that are changing our world. In these past months, as the American election campaign unfolded, that special advantage has been apparent. To have experienced at first hand the sight of Italian crowds in the Sala Borsa watching election results through the night on a large screen and to see the celebratory reactions in the streets afterward, regardless of where one stands politically, drove home as little else could how strong both the political and emotional connection remains between the U.S. and Europe and how real “soft power” is, even if it sometimes appears to be an overused phrase. We have, of course, had our share of discussions of the financial crisis, but here, the voices heard from our own faculty members as well as visitors come from Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, and other countries, including the U.S. On the other hand, the status and visibility of SAIS in Italy allows us to bring an American perspective to Italy and our faculty are frequently called upon by Italian media for an American perspective. The Manageritalia event, reported on in this issue, also illustrates how we are working to link academia to the Italian business world. You can get a good sense of the message that Erik Jones delivers in these settings from his article in these pages, which also makes a timely restatement of our strong belief that the integration of politics and economics, a central feature of a SAIS education, remains one of its great strengths. A last word: as I have remarked each time in introducing the Rivista issue, the Bologna Center is moving steadily and purposefully to increase its research and policy activities, its efforts outside the classroom. You will see it in the conferences we are hosting, in our efforts related to environment, human rights, and other global issues, in the growing presence of Ph.D. students at the Center. These efforts are being helped enormously by the generous contributions of alumni and friends, many acknowledged specifically in this issue. We need that help; we welcome it. But more than that, we welcome your involvement with the Center, your interest, your comments, your questions. Keep them coming!

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Student writers Annie Magnus (BC09) Maria Luisa Olivieri (BC09)

Contributors Alessandra Adami Gabrielle Bennett Edward Branagan (BC08) Gabriella Chiappini Ann Gagliardi Justin Frosini Erik Jones (BC89/DC90/Ph.D.96) Lidia Licari Veronica I. Pye Meera Shankar (BC95/DC96) Francesca Torchi Designer Orazio Metello Orsini

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by Odette Boya Resta he Center’s Communications Office has launched a new public website, and while much about the site is new, the address is the same—www.jhubc.it. It’s another step towards the Center’s goal of using the web more strategically to facilitate communication with key constituents: alumni, prospective students, current students, academics, media, friends and supporters. It is also part of a conscious effort to follow the established trend of print media moving online. For the Center this will mean more postings of publications, conference invitations, and announcements online. Our recently published promotional video—aimed at prospective students— is just the beginning of the multimedia products we hope to make available via the new site in the near future. Another brand new feature of the website is the ‘press room’ which will serve as a base from which to expand our outreach with both Europe-based and international journalists with the aim of increased visibility. In the coming years media outreach will grow along with our communication methods. Childe Costa-Stevens is the Center’s webmaster who artfully carried out the content transfer to the new site and ensured an overall smooth transition. Special thanks to Paolo Forlani and Lorenzo Righetti of the Center’s Information Technology Systems Office; SAIS Washington’s Office of Communications; and student writers Deniz Ozdemir (BC09, U.S.), Jon Rosen (BC08, U.S.) and John A. Gans Jr. (BC08, U.S.) for their support and advice throughout the project. Alumni, please continue to update us on your professional and personal accomplishments as well as your contact information at www.jhubc.it/keepintouch or email us at [email protected].

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The Return of the Reality Community

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The Water Crisis?

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ALUMNI PROFILE David Schaub-Jones (BC99/DC00) Creating New Solutions for an Age-old Problem

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STUDENT PROFILE Julia Romano (DC08/BC09) The Challenge of Being in Uncomfortable Positions

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BOLOGNA FEATURE Bustling Bologna: Navigating the Heart of Europe

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What’s New in Career Services

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DEVELOPMENT SECTION We Welcome Your Support and Your Involvement: Keep them Coming!

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Washington Post/Newsweek Forum Features SAIS Students from both sides of the Atlantic

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New Global Challenges, Innovative Responses SAIS Bologna Professors Dialogue with Italy’s Top Managers

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Transforming Society by Mobilizing Youth

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Events at the Bologna Center... and elsewhere

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Hamburgers and Champagne Election Night Experienced in Two Italian Cities

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Faculty News and Recent Books

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There are Lots of Ways to Help, and Many of You Do

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Alumni Notes

THE RETURN OF THE REALITY COMMUNITY

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by Erik Jones

We live in an era when the forces of economics and politics, domestic and international, are deeply intertwined.

n unnamed senior official in the George W. Bush administration once derided journalist Ron Suskind as being part of a ‘reality community’ that elevates facts over convictions. Now the Bush administration is ended, its convictions have been found wanting, and yet the facts remain. Barack Obama’s new administration takes an altogether different view. Obama did not win the United States presidency because he believes that is his mission. Obama’s determination was important to his victory but Hillary Clinton and John McCain were determined as well. They also expressed confidence in the self-evident advantages of long experience and deep networks in the corridors of power. Obama defeated them by embracing the ‘facts.’ Obama won by understanding the potential of new technologies and the strength of deep-seated human aspirations. He won by

being on the right side of the major issues and by knowing how to change his views when the evidence showed him to be wrong. Most of all, he won by understanding that narrow specialization is not the answer. You cannot simply pick and choose between economics and politics, or history and current events. You cannot be the race candidate or the working-class candidate, you cannot win as a conservative or a liberal, you cannot be content to be the ‘security’ candidate and you cannot retreat behind the guise that the economy is all that matters after all. Instead, everything is interconnected and, as Obama pointed out in the depth of the global financial crisis, you have to be able to do more than one thing at a time. Obama’s inaugural address is a good illustration. Although many pundits have complained that it is not his most eloquent speech, you have to admire the breadth of the synthesis. As a broad theme, Obama uses Chaos on the trading floor

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the history of America to underscore both the strength of American ideals and the potential for positive change. It is an empirical argument and not an ideological one. The strength of the country draws not from divine inspiration but from the energy invested in it. This empirical focus is evident both in what is said and what is not. While Obama acknowledges the struggle against ‘fascism and communism’ he does not pretend to offer a universalistic theory of government to stand in their place. He never uses the word democracy and he insists that ‘America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman, and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity.’ Legitimacy nevertheless comes from the bottom up because ‘your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.’ This legitimacy is grounded in equity and not just achievement; ‘a nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous.’ Of course there are many places where you can take issue with Obama’s assertions. The point to note is not that he is right but rather that he goes to great effort to make the case. Along the way he alludes to a number of major debates in the social sciences. You may deny that it is rousing rhetoric, but it harder to deny that it is well-argued. The man matches the moment. We live in an era when the forces of economics and politics, domestic and international, are deeply intertwined. Just look at the global financial crisis. On one level, it is obviously a problem of American origin. Too many banks made too many bad mortgages which they then repackaged and sold on to the rest of the world. Dig a little deeper and it becomes more difficult to hold the United States to blame. The financial technology used to originate and then distribute the mortgages is hardly unique to America and the banks involved were not just American either. The retreat to blame the crisis on American consumerism or the loose monetary policies of Alan Greenspan also has its problems. Just ask yourself, how the United States succeeded in financing such large current account deficits and attracting such huge volumes of the world’s savings while at the same time holding interest rates so low. Perhaps a different way to look at the problem is to consider how China was able to engineer such large and long-lasting surpluses without suffering from inflation or an

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appreciation of its currency. At least part of the explanation lies in China’s insistence on holding its export earnings in dollars (or dollar denominated assets) rather than allowing its exporters to invest the proceeds back home. They may have good reasons for doing this. Whatever those reasons are, though, the global financial crisis is the effect. If China insists on holding its savings in dollars then American banks will have to find some way to loan that money out. Yet with too many dollars chasing too few investment opportunities it is easy to see how the returns on those traditional dollardenominated investments would run into the ground. Financial innovation helps to square the circle. Not only does it allow dollar holders to create new opportunities for investment, but it also allows them to swap their incomes with investments held elsewhere. This is not to point the finger at China. The global origins of the financial crisis are not very useful for assigning blame. The mechanisms are at best only partial, there are many intervening and exacerbating factors, and in any event there is more than enough blame to go around. Rather, the goal is to understand how solutions can be put together, to see what structures need to be reformed and which

institutions created. It is also important to see who must bear the costs of adjustment and how those costs can be redistributed in order to ensure that a workable solution can be found. Right and wrong are less important in this situation than coordination and agreement. Moral superiority is less an advantage than effective leadership. The reality is there are no easy solutions to the global financial crisis and strength of conviction is not enough to see us through. That is why a broad appreciation of the mechanisms at work within the problem is so important. If President Obama captures the moment, a SAIS education can help show the way forward. People often ask me what is unique to SAIS and what a generalist exposure to economics and politics, regional studies and international relations can equip you to do. The answer is to be found in tackling complicated problems in the real world. With our strong commitment to empirically informed interdisciplinary study, SAIS is a vital part of the ‘reality community.’ Now it is time to show what the reality community can accomplish.

Erik Jones is professor of European Studies at the SAIS Bologna Center.

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THE WATER

CRISIS? by Veronica I. Pye Water tap.

lthough water covers nearly threequarters of the Earth’s surface, less than 3 percent is freshwater, and of that small amount, only one-third is easily accessible to humans. The nature and causes of the world water crisis are complex, involving quantity, quality, the economic and institutional environment, public perceptions and expectations of the need and priorities for water use, and also, finally, a function of scale. Most water is found in the oceans and seas (94 percent), groundwater (4 percent), and icecaps and glaciers (2 percent, but melting fast). Lakes, rivers, reservoirs and swamps account for only about 0.025 percent of water. Water resources are for the most part renewable but availability differs worldwide. Precipitation patterns may vary during the year, and from year to year, so annual rainfall indicators may not pick up problems. Country assessments can also be misleading as ideally surface water is managed according to river basins, which do not respect either regional administrative or national boundaries. There are 261 international river basins worldwide shared by 145 countries. The natural quality of freshwater varies greatly and is affected by the geological characteristics and climatic conditions that prevail in the region, in particular rainfall and temperature. Natural quality can, in turn, be affected by human activities such as waste disposal practices, spills, leaks and agricultural activities. Climate change will inevitably have an effect on water resources as weather patterns change, leading to floods, droughts, mudslides, hurricanes and typhoons. Pressures on the water system include population growth and economic development. It is estimated that water scarcity may affect between 2 and 7 billion people in the next forty years.

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The term ‘water crisis’ has been bandied about for many years, often without really defining the causes of such a crisis and whom or what it might affect. Is it a lack of water, or too much? Is it a lack of access to water, or problems related to water quality for the uses envisaged? One could define the water crisis as a lack of access to safe and affordable water, coupled with a lack of access to safe and affordable sanitation. Every year about 2 million people, mainly children, still die from diarrhoeal diseases. Provision of water and sanitation services to the unserved, currently estimated at 1.1 billion people, is one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). For the rural poor and malnourished, the crisis consists of insufficient water to grow crops and eke out an existence. Water-related diseases in certain regions are certainly of crisis proportions and need to be addressed, including malaria which causes 300 to 500 million episodes of sickness and between 1.5 and 2.5 million deaths a year. For others more fortunate, water shortages could just mean a hosepipe ban and the prospect of wilting flowers, brown lawns and golf greens. Water is a resource that must be shared between many competing activities. These include habitat maintenance in river uses (e.g. fishing, transportation, recreation) and out-ofriver uses, such as municipal water supplies, hydroelectric energy production, industrial cooling and agricultural irrigation. Use by one community may alter either the quantity or the quality of the water available for other users downstream. Use of ground water in areas where there is little natural recharge of the aquifers amounts to ‘mining’ the water resource, leaving little, if any, for future generations.

Child drinking water from a tap. Photo credit: WaterAid/Liba Taylor

A view of the Cascata delle Marmore, Terni, Umbria

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Providing safe and sufficient water and sanitation The historical Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, overshadowed a lesser known gathering, the International Conference on Water and Sustainable Development. Here, the Dublin Statement on Water and Sustainable Development was ratified by representatives from more than 100 countries and eighty international agencies, and identified the world’s water problems that required immediate action. Four guiding principles underscored their recommendations:

Securing the food supply through effective use of water Ensuring ecosystem integrity through sustainable water resource management Sharing the water resource, both between states and for different uses Managing risks from water related hazards

Freshwater is a finite and vulnerable resource, essential to sustain life, development and the environment. Effective management requires a holistic approach incorporating social and economic development with ecosystem protection, linking land and water uses; Water development and management should be based on a participatory approach involving users, planners and policy makers; Women play a central role in the provision, management and safeguarding of water. This should be recognized by empowering them at all levels in water resources management, from decision making to implementation; Water has an economic value in all its competing uses and should be recognized as an economic good. It is a basic right of all people to have access to clean water and sanitation at an affordable price. Management of water as an economic good should achieve efficient and equitable use and would encourage conservation and protection. Based on these four principles, recommendations were put forward which would enable countries to deal with their water problems and which envisaged wide ranging benefits including alleviation of poverty and disease, protection against natural disasters, water conservation and reuse, sustainable urban development, protection of aquatic systems and the resolution of water-related conflicts.

Water is a resource that must be shared between many competing activities… Use by one community may alter either the quantity or the quality of the water available for other users downstream. Both this conference and the Earth Summit, which resulted in Agenda 21 and its seven areas for action regarding freshwater, identified water issues and changes in water management as central for sustainable development. The UN summit in 2000 set millennium development goals for 2015 that focus primarily on poverty, education and health and should ideally be achieved without incurring further environmental degradation. Participants identified eleven areas specific to freshwater to monitor:

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Valuing water with a view to equitable pricing of water Governing water wisely from the point of view of all stakeholders Building cleaner industry with respect to water quality and other use needs Assessing water’s role in energy production Improving the knowledge base and its availability Meeting the challenge of increased urbanization Part of the process of achieving any goal is to monitor progress, and to do this both reliable indicators are needed as well as well-defined statistics that will reflect the state of the system or the process studied. The UN has seventeen case studies in progress to analyze change in water management and its results in different geographic regions and under different scenarios. The water crisis is therefore about how we decide control over and access to water resources and requires better governance and investment. Water resources need to be a key feature of national planning, especially in poorer countries, and there are signs of progress in this direction. Responsible action at all levels of society is still needed. Individuals, communities, national governments and international organizations need to share the responsibility for water. The 5th World Water Forum is planned to take place in Istanbul in March 2009, with the theme Bridging the Divides for Water. Preparatory meetings have been taking place around the world over the past two years, another step toward the intelligent and equitable management of an essential resource. Sources - Lomborg, B. Ed. 2004, Global Crises, Global Solutions, Cambridge University Press - The Dublin Statement on Water and Sustainable Development - Pye, V.I., Patrick, R. and Quarles, J. 1983, Groundwater Contamination in the United States, JHU Press - World Water Assessment Program, UN World Water Development Reports 1 and 2 (2003 and 2006)

Dr. Veronica I. Pye is Academic and Student Affairs coordinator and coordinator of the Bologna Center Seminar Series. She was research director at the Environmental Assessment Council, Academy of Natural Sciences 1981-83. A former lecturer at London University and at the Bologna Center she is the author of numerous publications on environmental policy.

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Alumni Profile

Creating new solutions for an age-old problem David Schaub-Jones (BC99/DC00, UK)

by Karen Riedel rim statistics bear repeating. More than 5 million people die each year from water-related diseases. Of these deaths, 84 percent are children from birth to fourteen years. And 98 percent of water-related deaths occur in the developing world. In simpler terms, 5,000 children die every day from the deadly combination of inadequate and contaminated water. “This number equates to ten jumbo jets full of kids crashing every day,” says David Schaub-Jones (BC99/DC00, UK), an alumnus helping people gain access to a resource much of the world takes for granted. With degrees in civil engineering and water supply and management as well as his master’s in international relations from SAIS, David is uniquely qualified to help provide access to clean, safe water and effective sanitation. Based in South Africa, David is the outreach and research officer for Building Partnerships for Development in Water and Sanitation (BPD), an NGO that operates worldwide to develop strategic partnerships among public and private sectors, other nonprofits, and local communities. Despite the daily human suffering and

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A new tapstand has replaced the old waterpump, next to the Niger river in Ségou, Mali

the phenomenal task before him and others in his field, David is dedicated to the challenge. “One of the joys of working in this field is that it can be viewed through so many different prisms—as a engineering challenge, a human right, a social problem, an economic good and ultimately, as a political topic,” he says. “But this very complexity is also the key challenge—perhaps this is why partnerships seem to have an enduring appeal in the water sector. And that’s why I was drawn back into the water sector after exploring other career possibilities a decade ago at SAIS.” In response to specific questions, David has this to say about the current state of water issues from his perspective. What are the challenges that your organization faces? Apart from the sheer numbers involved, one of the largest challenges is changing institutional mindsets. Water provision in developing countries, especially urban areas, is largely modeled on the way water is delivered in the developed world—via centralized water and sewerage utilities. Yet these utilities have to deal with situations that no longer exist in the West, such as crowded

urban slums, rapid urbanization and land invasions, widespread poverty and, frequently, political interference. People meet their daily water and sanitation needs through a wide variety of means, ranging from hauling it from several miles away, to dealings with small informal providers, to NGO and community-led programs. So while water utilities are important players, they are by far not the only ones. One of the key challenges is getting this recognized and changing the way people think, particularly within government, to equip water sector professionals to work in new, collaborative ways. Otherwise the needs of poorer urban citizens tend to be ignored. The problem, or challenge, seems vast, while time and resources are limited. And so many different interest groups are involved. How does one operate within this difficult terrain? BPD’s whole philosophy is to try and find practical ways to turn diversity into strength. We reflect this, bringing the public sector together with civil society and the private sectors. The key to partnerships is being open-minded about who can be part of the solution and truly understanding the incen-

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A special sanitation truck struggles with flooded slums in Dar es Salaam,Tanzania

Sanitation, often water’s poor cousin, is also crucial to humanity’s use and abuse of water, and it is too easily forgotten tives of each of the actors required to get services to those in need. It is not easy to find flexible and effective ways to work together that are robust enough to withstand inevitable setbacks. Very few organizations are set-up in a way that favors meaningful collaboration across sectors and across disciplines. So the real challenge lies in bringing about an attitude on the ground where people are willing to go the extra mile that partnerships require. You talk about collaboration. Where might SAIS play a role? The water sector has long been dominated by an engineering perspective and one of the crucial things the water sector could do better is learn from other sectors. This is perhaps where a body like SAIS can make a difference. For instance, how can we replicate the incredible success of HIV/AIDS practitioners in breaking taboos about their topic and generating huge political will and public interest? How can we spread this learning to sanitation? Given that water utilities in Africa are often serving less than two thirds of the urban population, what can we learn from others about harnessing and enabling small-scale private providers and communi-

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ty-led initiatives? I see SAIS as being well equipped to bring about some of this badly needed cross-fertilization. What aspect is being left out of the discussion on water? I welcome the fact that SAIS has named this year the SAIS Year of Water, recognizing water’s crucial role, not only in human development, but also in a range of other economic and political arenas such as agriculture and local and national conflicts. Indeed water has risen up the global agenda in recent years, in part due to water resources being one of the first to be significantly and visibly effected by climate change. Yet sanitation, often water’s poor cousin, is also crucial to humanity’s use and abuse of water, and it is too easily forgotten. This past year, 2008, was the UN international year of sanitation, but then, it was also the international year of the potato. So we still have a long way to go in educating the public at large. Let’s not forget that ‘water-borne’ diseases are in large part traceable to a lack of adequate sanitation (for instance, cholera) and squeamishness should not prevent us from discussing and addressing the larger

challenge (numerically and practically) of sanitation. Indeed, a large survey of doctors in the scientific journal Lancet recently declared improvements in sanitation the biggest medical advance of the last 150 years. The problem is that this recognition of the value of preventative health (which is effectively what water and sanitation represent) does not translate into money and resources on the ground. Other, arguably more glamorous, issues such as HIV/AIDS or malaria tend to hog the headlines, public attention, and even local action. David has spent most of his career working on water and poverty issues. Before arriving at BPD, he was an independent consultant with the World Bank’s Water and Sanitation Program and with the UK environmental consulting firm, Atkins. He also spent a year with Voluntary Service Overseas, working on water management issues in Morocco and India. David’s degree from SAIS is in international relations and international economics. He also has master’s degrees in water supply and sanitation from the École Nationale du Génie de l’Eau et de l’Environment de Strasbourg and in civil engineering and European studies from Southampton University. While living in Washington, D.C., David was also a United Nations Associate.

David, Anne-Catherine and their beloved India

David is married to fellow alumna Anne-Catherine (BC99, Belgium) and they recently welcomed the arrival of their daughter, India. Why the unusual name? “We met at an early Bologna dinner party and chatted all night about having lived in India and attending the same camel festival—so the name seemed appropriate somehow!” David says.

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The Challenge of Being in UNCOMFORTABLE POSITIONS

Julia Romano (DC08/BC09, U.S.) Julia Romano’s initial goal while studying history at UCLA was to become as impartial as humanly possible. This would allow her to properly document history. She wanted to give readers a chance to analyze her texts on their own terms and write about events in as objective a tone as possible. But the more time she spent out of college, discovering new shades of grey in the world, the less she wished to strive for impartiality. Too many feelings were surfacing to the forefront, demanding that she take action and get involved. Several years after leaving, she decided to return to the classroom. Not for the sake of studying the past, but with the aim of helping to shape the future.

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ooking back, Julia’s road seemed set toward a career in journalism. She’d been hired as a production assistant for the show Radio Expeditions on National Public Radio (NPR) right after graduation. Six months of hard work as an intern while still in college had paid off. “I worked from 4:30 am to 1:00 pm, then went straight off to a full day of class,” she

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recounts. After spending three years at NPR she got a job with Yahoo as an original content producer and later joined the L.A.-based non-profit forum ProCon.org as a researcher. Before the age of thirty she’d worked for public and private media outlets as well as traveled around the world. Most people could only dream of such a record. However, a pivotal moment in 2004 opened Julia’s eyes to a world that needed more than her extensive research and journalistic skills. Moved by a story she did for NPR’s Next Generation Radio about a group of indigenous activists from South Africa and Botswana who had been expelled from their land and traditional way of life, she accompanied the group to the UN Headquarters in New York City. They came to file a claim of cultural genocide, but were yet again confronted with a fundamental disconnect between their reality and the modern world, a situation they struggled with every day. While they won the right to return to their land, they were forbidden from hunting or digging— important aspects of their traditional life. The final push towards a redirection of her career came the following year in Rome. She’d moved to Italy in the hopes of working with NPR’s foreign correspondent Sylvia Poggioli. Barely a month after her arrival, the Pope passed away. From one day to the next she found herself working sixteen to twenty hours a day, more than she’d ever bargained for. Being the only two reporters for NPR in Rome who spoke Italian, the two ladies were in high demand. “It was an awesome experi-

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ence and a realization of everything I previously thought I’d wanted to do,” she recalls. Ironically, however, it made her understand that this was not the work she ultimately wanted to do. She needed something more. She needed to become engaged. Halfway through her second year at SAIS, Julia has found that deeper meaning. When she visited SAIS during the Open House Day in Washington, D.C. and heard Professor I. William Zartman tell prospective students: “I don’t know why we are here on this planet unless it is to help people,” she knew he was right. “It was so simple, honest and true,” she remembers. Concentrating in Conflict Management and International Law, Julia has reversed the usual trend of beginning in Italy before moving to the U.S. for the final year of the M.A. “It’s a better way to end,” she affirms. Not only does it allow her to be close to her Italian family once again (her father is from Naples), it also gets her away from the intense job hunt she observed other students go through during their last semester in D.C. She already knows what she wants to do. Her main concern at the moment is to get her Ph.D. applications to Harvard, Georgetown, Northwestern, and SAIS sent out in time.

Julia at a yoga class. This pose is called dancer, her favorite because it’s a balance pose, and a heart-opener.

Academics aside, there’s another aspect of Julia’s life to which she assigns high importance and cannot live without. Yoga. “People tend to see spiritual practice as being mutually exclusive of academics,” she laments. “But for me, yoga isn’t merely a spiritual and bodily practice, it’s also an essential part of a training process for any work in conflict resolution. It’s about learning how to sit in uncomfortable positions and remain calm, which is the essence of negotiating,” she explains.

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Her dedication to yoga and desire to share it with others has led her to found a yoga club at the Bologna Center. During one hour each week students leave their books, notepads and mobile phones outside the classroom and instead gear their focus on personal well-being. Although Julia practices yoga every day by herself, she always attends the common practice and will step in as teacher whenever Clint Hougen (BC09, U.S.), a student and professional yoga teacher who normally teaches the class, cannot lead the group. “I’m totally stoked,” she says about the overwhelmingly positive response she’s gotten from fellow students (and even professors) who join the yoga club each week for better balance of their bodies and souls. Balance in life is essential if one wishes to tackle a hectic schedule. If life is busy for the average SAIS student, it’s filled to the brim for Julia. Studying at SAIS D.C., she simultaneously worked with a project called PeaceKidz where she taught disadvantaged youth how to mediate conflicts they would inevitably be exposed to in their lives. “It’s some of the most important and gratifying work I’ve done while at SAIS,” she says. While studying in Bologna, she’s busy traveling to conferences around Europe. She attended the October session of the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva, Switzerland in the fall, went to Cypress with the School of Conflict Management field trip in January and joined the yearly study trip to Sarajevo in February. During the spring semester she’ll have her hands full helping put together the Bologna Center Journal of International Affairs as its managing editor. And not to mention: getting herself ready for graduation in May. After academia? Who knows? Perhaps Julia will become a negotiator, working for track two, “behind the scenes” diplomacy, or maybe we’ll find her seated at UN negotiating tables. “I know I can do a good job at mediation. I’m a good communicator and facilitator.” She may not have the specific path clearly outlined yet, but that doesn’t worry her. “I believe that if you set your intention, you can realize it.” Her goal is to make things better in this world, “I don’t know how to do that, except to be myself, to work hard, and with dedication.”

Annie Magnus (BC09, Norway) is a first year M.A. student at SAIS Bologna with a concentration in Conflict Management. Prior to coming to SAIS she worked as a Research Fellow for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE PA) in Copenhagen and freelanced as a journalist for The Copenhagen Post. She holds a Master of Political Science from Lund University in Sweden.

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Bologna Feature

BUSTLING BOLOGNA NAVIGATING THE HEART OF EUROPE by Maria Luisa Olivieri

Free bicycle sharing organized by the city of Bologna

iamo in arrivo alla stazione di Bologna Centrale. As the familiar message resounds from the loudspeaker, passengers on the train reach for their coats and bags. For students with another long-weekend behind them, it’s time to get back to reality. For businesspeople, it’s time to get to work. Rory Jones (BC09, U.S.) is a first-year Bologna Center student. Although he finds the Italian train system expensive, “…there’s no better way to travel than hopping on a Eurostar for a couple hours, it’s ten times smoother than Amtrak.” Students have learned to take advantage of Trenitalia’s ease and its deals, such as the tariffa amica, a 20 percent discount on tickets bought in advance. The convenience of the state-owned train system has attracted others, such as Vera Negri Zamagni, senior adjunct professor of International Economics, to Bologna. “I moved to Bologna… with my husband, because we thought Bologna would be a better place to live than Milan while pursuing two careers at different universities, but also as a result of its excellent train connections—in the beginning, I worked at the University of Trieste and my husband at the University of Parma!” Bologna’s stazione centrale is fifth in Italy for size and volume of traffic. 500 trains pass through the station every day carrying 159,000 passengers, for a yearly total of 58 million people. These numbers are expected to increase by 2015 when the station will be entirely made-over according to the winning design by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki. Besides a fancy new look, the new station

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is planned to bring increased convenience to passengers. Both sides of the station will be accessible, not just the side within the city walls. Improvements to the train station have already been made. Since this school year started, the information system inside the station has received a face-lift. Flat screen monitors with up to the minute information adorn every binario, or platform, as well as the corridors and waiting rooms of the station. One exemplary service which has just been launched is the Freccia Rossa, or Red Arrow, high-speed train service between Milan and Bologna. The trip now takes just an hour, making it convenient to travel between the two cities or catch a flight from a nearby airport. “Bologna is becoming a hub for central Italy,” says Enrico Levi, project manager at PromoBologna. The high-speed train route will soon be continued into southern Italy. Not only will train travel be faster and more convenient, it will also allow for smoother air connections. Plans to construct a monorail between Bologna’s train station and the Bologna Guglielmo Marconi International Airport are under way. A ten-minute monorail ride will deliver passengers from the station to the airport. When the Freccia Rossa is extended to Florence later this year, visitors will be able to fly into Bologna and reach Florence in just forty minutes. The Bologna airport's extended runway is able to accommodate Eurofly's direct MoscowBologna flights. Ryan Air has decided to make Bologna one of its hubs with flights to eleven destinations starting in March and April. From

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the rails to the skies, Bologna is becoming a crossroads not only within Italy, but also for those passing through Europe. Zamagni explains Bologna’s appeal, “for students the attraction is that it is the location of one of the oldest and most renowned universities; for businesspeople its flourishing engineering district with the major expo premises (BolognaFiere); for tourists its 36 km of arcades (I portici) and the many cultural events that take place in Bologna as a result of university activities and the numerous cultural institutions.” With all that Bologna has to offer, it’s no surprise that people are choosing to stop, and even stay, here instead of other larger and betterknown cities.

From the rails to the skies, Bologna is becoming a crossroads not only within Italy, but also for those passing through Europe. Federico Minoli (BC73, Italy), CEO of BolognaFiere and Cantiere del Pardo, first arrived in Bologna by train in the 1970s to attend the Bologna Center. He explains, “For a tourist, Bologna offers much of the beauty and history of Rome or Florence, but without the crowds, and much of the efficiency and functionality of Milan, but without the traffic jams.” Rory Jones, who uses his motorino to navigate Bologna, echoes Minoli’s sentiments. Jones used to work in Rome, where he says “stop lights are a formality and one way streets are excellent opportunities for shortcuts. Driving a motorino in Bologna is a walk in the park compared to central Rome.” Like most other students Jones also uses a bicycle or walks for short trips within Bologna. One million people pass through Bologna’s center every day. Getting around a town which hosts 50,000-60,000 university students a year and whose center is home to 400,000 inhabitants is no easy chore. When Minoli was a student, he walked or used a bicycle, which he didn’t need to lock up with a chain. Today, he chains his bicycle and

says, “I still walk, but I do use a car (and used to use a motorcycle when I worked at Ducati) to get back and forth to work, and I have to deal with issues of parking, traffic, limited access to central areas, and barriers, like everyone else who lives in the centro storico.” Bologna’s extensive bus network offers a convenient solution for people to reach the center of town. Jones finds the bus system to be “a complete waste of time, too unreliable, unpredictable and if there’s even an ounce of traffic, you’re better off walking.” Jones does admit that Bologna’s buses are better than Rome’s, which are “even slower with the added bonus of the occasional pickpocket (I caught someone literally with their hand in my pocket once, no joke!)” The bus system may not be perfect, but it’s popular for those on a budget or those without a parking spot in town. In addition, Bologna ATC, the entity responsible for the public bus service, provides other useful services. Its eco-friendly initiatives include a free bicycle share program and a car share program. Even if you arrive at your destination grumbling about your commute, appreciate Bologna. It is no ordinary city. Levi shares that Bologna was selected as one of the 50 best cities in the world and will have a booth at the 2010 World Expo. The theme for the expo, to be held in Shanghai, China, is “Better City, Better Life.” Bologna is a model for other cities in many ways. Levi explains that in 1257, Bologna was the first city to liberate serfs and pass a law against slavery. It’s a UNESCO City of Music, the first in Italy and second in Europe. And its extensive strategic plan for the next twenty years is unique in Italy and Europe on the whole. The gem that is Bologna is easily reachable by trains and planes. Once you’re here, you will discover your own way to experience it. Fancy a stroll beneath Bologna’s portici or a ride on your bicycle over the cobble-stoned streets. Get a monthly bus pass or pay per trip. Experience the ease of parking a motorino or the freedom of driving your own car. Put on your comfortable shoes, buy your ticket, or start your engine, and go, go, go! Vi ringraziamo per aver scelto Bologna e vi auguriamo buon viaggio. Maria Luisa Olivieri (BC09, U.S.) is a graduate of Salem College with a B.A. in Spanish and Communication. She has written for the Wall Street Journal and Delta Sky Magazine. She will attend SAIS Washington in the fall of 2009 and concentrate in International Relations.

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What’s New in CAREER SERVICES by Ann Gagliardi

Gagliardi leads a Self-Assessment and Research module for a group of Bologna Center students.

his year, for the first time, there are two staff members in the SAIS Bologna Office of Career Services. I joined the office fulltime as a career counselor in March 2008 after three years as a consultant to students on résumés and cover letters. Meera Shankar, director of Career Services, recently took on additional responsibilities for alumni relations and student recruiting. This external focus will permit her, from a Career Services perspective, to work on internship and job opportunities by strengthening relations with existing employers and expanding the European employer base for the benefit of students across SAIS campuses. In addition to providing a full-range of counseling and professional development programming, we are working to expand our activities to create further opportunities for constructive and productive interaction between alumni and current students.

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at the beginning of the current academic year. Past students have frequently expressed the wish that they had somehow been “forced” to think about professional development earlier in their SAIS experience. The Professional Development Course is an attempt to meet this need. Students are expected to attend six mandatory modules (see sidebar) as well as an orientation session, during their first year. The goal is to familiarize them with fundamental professional development skills and concepts that, ideally, will serve them not just in the short term, as they look for a summer internship or for their first job out of SAIS, but throughout their professional lives. The course content was jointly developed with our Washington colleagues, who launched the same program this fall—one result of increased coordination between the offices of Career Services in Bologna and Washington. In Bologna, the bulk of the modules were scheduled to take place during pre-term and first semester. Recent alumni may well recall the calendar exercise at the heart of the Orientation session. Nothing serves to make the period from late August to the end of

May appear as terrifyingly short as compiling a diagram that shows academic deadlines such as the end of add-drop for both semesters, mid-terms, finals, and vacations alongside a selection of dates such as career fairs, employer visits, and specific internship application deadlines. And yet, students overwhelmingly comment that this activity, though daunting, is useful because it provides a very concrete sense of how the year will play out and of the importance of being organized. In the other modules, students critique sample résumés and cover letters, discuss cultural differences (e.g. résumé vs. CV) and professional etiquette, and learn strategies for clear and compelling professional communication. The overview of self-assessment strategies and activities, complete with a wide range of suggested activities, serves as a starting point for students still wondering what they want to do after SAIS. In discussions of networking, students are encouraged to view the process of making connections as something organic that stems from a sincere desire to obtain—and share—information, rather than as the arid, artificial, uncomfortable, and potentially mercantile

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activity brought to mind by words like “schmoozing.” The course will culminate in a mock-interview event designed to give students a chance to practice some of the strategies learned in the final module. Students are asked to evaluate each module; this feedback has proven crucial in terms of calibrating material and approach to make the sessions as useful as possible. Response thus far has been overwhelmingly positive. Students confirm that they appreciate being required to consider career-related issues they might otherwise put off until later in the year. Many have offered constructive suggestions for improving the course after this pilot year. The observation that students would benefit from the inclusion of more ‘reallife’ examples in many of the modules has generated a number of student-led projects. The Professional Development Committee, under the guidance of Heather Kauffman (BC09, U.S.), the Student Government Career Services liaison, is working to create a booklet of SAIS-specific sample résumés and cover letters to be made available to future students. As part of this project, they plan to contact recent alumni to solicit documents for inclusion. Student assistant Risa Grais-Targow (BC09, U.S.) is developing a set of case studies to illustrate research strategies for identifying summer internship and job opportunities in various sectors, while Suna Karakas (BC09, Germany/U.S.), our other student assistant, is developing a series of handson activities to help students with practical points like delivering working statements, conducting informational interviews, and maintaining their poise during job interviews. Career Services Trips Another first this year was the joint Bologna-Washington Finance trip to London, which took place in mid-October and provided students with the opportunity to meet alumni at private sector firms in advance of finance and consulting internship application deadlines. Despite the dismal news in the finance sector in 2008, the schedule came together and the event was a success, providing fifteen students with an opportunity to meet alumni working at firms including Barclays Capitals, Morgan Stanley, UBS, Power Capital, JP Morgan Chase, ING, and Rogge Partners.

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ORIENTATION

Introduction to Career Services staff and services offered, discussion of professional development and academic calendars

RESOURCES

Overview of tools and resources available to SAIS Bologna students

RÉSUMÉS

Tailoring résumés for professional objectives

PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS

Theory and practice of cover letters and emails to ‘get in the door,’ writing samples, thank you notes, follow-up

STRATEGIC CONNECTIONS & PROFESSIONAL ETIQUETTE

Finding and making contacts (networking), pointers for sector and employer research, etiquette do’s and don’ts

SELF-ASSESSMENT & RESEARCH

Introduction to theories of self-assessment, presentation of techniques for identifying personal values, skills, and interests and for connecting them to potential sectors and employers

INTERVIEWING Preparing for an interview, different types of interviews, & DECISION MAKING decision making, accepting offers

We are pleased that students were able to gain insight into the finance sector early in the year and plan to continue offering this trip in the future. February trips to London and Brussels, scheduled during the semester break, were fully subscribed. Traditionally, the goal of these trips is to give students an opportunity to learn firsthand about the many career options they can pursue in a variety of employment sectors. Career Clubs As in past years, a concerted effort has been made to encourage students to organize career clubs. Given the predominance of first-year M.A. students at the Bologna Center, student club leaders have been encouraged to focus on the research aspects of career preparation focusing on: Consulting, Energy, International Development, Conflict Management, Finance, and Foreign Relations/International Organizations. In December, the Consulting Club organized the

Center’s first-ever Case Study Marathon. On a personal level, it is a real pleasure to work in this dynamic office, helping students as they work to identify and pursue career goals, learning from alumni about their work and career paths, and, whenever possible, strengthening the SAIS network by putting students and alumni in touch. Ann Gagliardi is the Center’s career services counselor. A native of Athol, Massachusetts and graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, she holds a B.A. from Wellesley College and an M.A. from the University of East Anglia. A writer, editor, and translator and, for years, an instructor of English and of writing at venues including SAIS Bologna—where she taught the writing component of the intensive preterm English course from 2001 to 2007—Ann has lived in Bologna for fifteen years.

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ur alumni are our strength, our best advocates, and our loyal supporters. Alumni contribute in many different ways, helping in several areas from student recruitment, to career advice, to alumni events, to social networking and, last but not least, to financial support. All these activities serve one single purpose: to help the Bologna Center offer its students an excellent program and a stimulating learning environment. That’s what we are here for: in an increasingly complex world, amid unprecedented worldwide crises, and in unique historic moments we are here to bring knowledge, to foster understanding and to stimulate discussion. These values are our core values. Our fifty-four years of experience testify to this. The involvement of Bologna Center alumni is fundamental to help perpetuate the Bologna Center experience.

Play a role now in the Center’s future! Support our projects Enhance the Center Visit our giving page at www.jhubc.it/giving or contact the Center’s development team at [email protected]

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GIVING INSTRUCTIONS www.jhubc.it/giving

ALUMNI IN SEVERAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL OPTIONS FOR TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS. For donors in BELGIUM Through an agreement with the King Baudouin Foundation (KBF), donors in Belgium can support all divisions of Johns Hopkins University, including the Bologna Center, and benefit from a tax-deduction in accordance with Belgian Income Tax Code, art.104. For online donations to the King Baudouin Foundation visit www.kbs-frb.be and follow the instructions below: 1) Select your language. 2) On the left, find “Centre for Philanthropy” or equivalent in your language. 3) On that page, find the link to make a donation “online.” 4) Find “My donation is intended for” and tick “A project account, fund or specific project in Europe or the United States.” 5) In the pull down menu of “Projects in the USA (KBFUS),” select “Johns Hopkins University, Bologna Center, MD.” 6) You will be taken to the screen to make the donation, please fill it in as indicated. Once submitted, your gift will be sent to Baltimore and credited to the Bologna Center. 7) Send an email to Alessandra Adami at [email protected] for proper tracking of your donation. For donors in CANADA The Johns Hopkins University is an approved charity in Canada fully recognized by the Canadian Customs and Revenue Agency. Therefore, contributions to the Bologna Center are tax deductible. An official gift receipt valid for tax purposes in Canada will be issued by the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. 1) Fill out the giving card and send it with your donation in Canadian dollars to: Ms. Elaine Dorsey Director of Data Administration Development and Alumni Services The Johns Hopkins University Suite 2500 - 201 N. Charles Street Baltimore MD 21201 USA Ph: (410) 625-8370, Fax: (410) 625-7445 Email: [email protected] 2) Inform the Bologna Center Office of Development (address below) for proper tracking of your donation. For donors in FRANCE Through an agreement with the Fondation de

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France, donors in France can support all divisions of Johns Hopkins University, including the Bologna Center, and benefit from a tax deduction in France. Donations can be made by: 1) CHEQUE TO: Fondation de France Ghislaine Rumin, 40 avenue Hoche, 75008 PARIS Beneficiary of your cheque must be: Fondation de France Please write on the check OR in an accompanying note: “Fondation de France/500477/Johns Hopkins University (USA) Foundation.” 2) WIRE TRANSFER TO: CAISSE DES DEPOTS ET CONSIGNATIONS - 56, rue de Lille, 75356 Paris 07 SP IBAN: FR67 4003 1000 0100 0010 0222 L76 Adresse Swift:CDCGFRPP Code banquet: 40031 - Code guichet: 00001 Clé RIB:76 - N° de compte: 0000100222L Titulaire du compte: Fondation de France Reference: “500477/ Johns Hopkins University (USA) Foundation” Either way, please send an email to Alessandra Adami at [email protected] for proper tracking of your donation. For donors in GERMANY Tax-deductible contributions to the Bologna Center can be made through the: 1) Verein der Freunde des Bologna Center Sparkasse Essen Konto 274 001 - BLZ 360 501 05 Verwendungszweck: “Bologna Center General Purpose.” 2) Send an email to Gabriella Chiappini at [email protected] for proper tracking of your donation. For donors in ITALY Alumni in Italy can make their tax deductible contributions to the Bologna Center of the Johns Hopkins University through the Associazione Italo-Americana “Luciano Finelli” / Friends of the Johns Hopkins University. Please visit: www.italo-americana.org/donors Contributions may be made by: 1) bank transfer to: Unicredit Banca, Filiale Bologna 3307, Piazza Aldrovandi 12/A - Bologna ABI code: 2008 – CAB code: 2457 IBAN code: IT04R0200802457000003630627 SWIFT code: UNCRIT2B Account number: 3630627 Beneficiary: Associazione Friends of the Johns Hopkins University Gift designation / causale: Bologna Center Inform the Associazione Staff (Michelle Wilhelmy at [email protected]) and Gabriella Chiappini at [email protected] for proper tracking of your donation. 2) credit card: download the donation

form from the Associazione website, www.italo-americana.org/donors and mail it to the addresses indicated in the form for processing. For donors in the NETHERLANDS Tax-deductible contributions can be made through: 1) Stichting Johns Hopkins UniversityBologna Center, S’Gravenhage, Postbank Girorekening 5659006. 2) Inform the Bologna Center Office of Development (address below) for proper tracking of your donation. For donors in the UK Gifts to the Bologna Center can be made in a tax efficient manner through The Bologna Center of the Johns Hopkins University UK Charitable Trust. This allows donors to take advantage of the Inland Revenue’s Gift Aid Scheme in which UK tax payers are able to augment their gift to charity. Inland Revenue gives the charity the basic rate tax the donor had paid. In addition, higher rate tax payers can reclaim the difference between the basic rate and the higher rate on their annual tax reclaim. 1) Download the forms from: http://alumni.jhu.edu/giving/international.htm look for United Kingdom, then “Donation forms” 2) OR request the forms from Alessandra Adami at [email protected] 3) Inform Alessandra Adami for proper tracking of your donation. For donors in the USA Contributions to the Johns Hopkins University, Bologna Center, are tax-deductible in the USA. An official gift receipt valid for tax purposes in the USA will be issued by the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. 1) Please send your contribution to: Ms. Elaine Dorsey Associate Director, Data Administration Development and Alumni Services The Johns Hopkins University Suite 2500 - 201 N. Charles Street Baltimore MD 21201 USA Email: [email protected] 2) Inform the Bologna Center Office of Development (address below) for proper tracking of your donation. For donors in ANY OTHER COUNTRIES Use the Bologna Center online giving form at www.jhubc.it/giving or send your contribution to: Ms. Alessandra Adami JHU SAIS Bologna Center Office of Development Via Belmeloro 11, 40126 Bologna, Italy Email: [email protected]

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Patrick McCarthy 1941-2007 Professor of European Studies Bologna Center The above portrait of Patrick McCarthy by Maurizio Osti was donated by John Williams and Thomas Row

The life of Patrick McCarthy was commemorated in a conference in Bologna on March 7th and 8th, 2008, but that is not the only effort in the works to remember him permanently at the Bologna Center. While the Center is finishing up with some of its urgent fundraising priorities, such as the newly renovated building, the quiet planning process for an effort to name a fund for Professor McCarthy has been taking place. The Bologna Class of 1991 has been most advanced in its planning and has offered to act as a test case, or first ‘tranche,’ of what will become a much wider appeal to all Bologna classes from Patrick McCarthy’s time in Bologna. The effort will be class-based (i.e. classmates appealing to fellow classmates), as this approach so often proves the most successful fundraising method for the Center. The words of ’91 class leaders, James Upton, Carl Gardiner and Curtis Butler, say it best in an excerpt from the planned letter to their classmates: Professor McCarthy had the gift of all exceptional teachers— the intellect, passion and humor to make one a better thinker. We can still hear, as we’re sure you can, his distinctive intonation of Foucault, utopia, deGaulle, Pasolini, the SPD, Berlinguer, dirigisme and Orwell. But beyond the knowledge he imparted to us on these and so many other subjects, he enjoined us never to lose

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sight of a speaker’s agenda, to think critically, dialectically and, above all, with irony. One of our favorite recollections of Bologna was an evening Professor McCarthy graced a small group of us with his presence at a gnocchi dinner hosted at our spartan appartamento. After several glasses of red wine, one of us suggested passionately how important his Politics and Culture teachings were and how he should carry them beyond the classroom with a book. Rolling his eyes, he lilted: “So much to do, so little time…” (He of course got it done, publishing Language, Politics and Culture in 2002). Within the parameters of a tribute, there is a significant financial difference between two potential goals. To endow a permanent research fund requires a minimum of $100,000, while a visiting professorship is $1 million and a resident professorship over $2.5 million. The immediate plan is to reach the $100,000 minimum, upon which the Patrick McCarthy fund will be established. The interest generated would be used annually from that date forward to fund research by Bologna Center faculty members—something very close to Patrick McCarthy’s heart and desperately needed by the Center. If we were to reach the levels required to fund an endowed professorship, the fund’s purpose could switch to fund a permanently named professorship. We know that we are far from alone in our great fondness for Professor McCarthy. He was a student’s teacher, and as such we have high hopes that the contributions of many, even if modest, might add up to a very significant amount. What was so distinctive about Professor McCarthy as an academic and a teacher was his breadth of knowledge across politics, literature, economics and finance—and how he brought these areas together so vibrantly. Wouldn’t it be fitting if his students could pull together collectively to endow a permanent research fund or, in the most ambitious case, a professorship that captured his interdisciplinary spirit? A full “roll-out” of the effort to

name a fund for Professor McCarthy will follow on from what will hopefully be a successful launch by the Class of 1991. If you are interested in acting as a leader when your class gets involved in the McCarthy effort, please contact Gabriella Chiappini at: [email protected] Remembering Frederick Hood Upon his sudden and tragic death on December 24, 2008, former classmates and friends of Frederick Hood have decided to launch, in his memory, an initiative connected to the Bologna Center, a place he loved and was part of for so many years. Fred was an MAIA student in Bologna from 2002 to 2004. He was an extremely gifted student and chose to undertake the Ph.D. program initially at SAIS Washington before returning to the Bologna Center again from 2005 to 2007. A core group of Fred’s closest friends and compatriots from the Bologna Center convened at his funeral in New York on the 10th of January, and decided that the best way to commemorate Fred’s love for his research, the Bologna Center, and the city itself was to create a fund in his memory. The “Frederick Hood Research Fund” will support research activities of Ph.D. and MAIA students at the Bologna Center, contributing to research costs such as travel to conferences or the purchase of research publications. The ultimate aim of the Fund is to raise $100,000 over a period of five years. Once this goal is reached, an endowment will be established providing yearly support in perpetuity. Until this sum is achieved, a small portion of the fundraising will be made available to candidates, starting in academic year 2009-2010. Classmates, friends and students of Fred who are interested in joining the initiative should contact Gabriella Chiappini ([email protected]) at the Bologna Center or the initiative leaders: Bologna Class of 2003: Saverio Grazioli-Venier ([email protected]) Pete O’Brien

([email protected]) Headley Butler ([email protected]) Bologna Class of 2004: Yoshi Funaki ([email protected]) Lucy Payton ([email protected]) Bologna Classes of 2005 through 2007 and Ph.D. students: Timo Behr ([email protected]) In addition to the fundraising initiative, a memorial event will take place on the Sunday morning of Alumni Weekend, May 3, 2009 at the Bologna Center. More information about the event will be available from initiative leaders and on the Bologna Center website. Steven Muller and Jill McGovern

Steven Muller and Jill McGovern Photo by Bob Stockfield

Steven Muller, Johns Hopkins University president emeritus, and his wife, Jill McGovern, recently established a fellowship at the Bologna Center to support a student for the two-year SAIS Master’s program in Bologna and Washington, D.C. The first McGovern-Muller Fellow is Lenea Reuvers (BC09, Germany) who holds a degree in Economics, Politics, and International Studies from the University of Warwick. Lenea is currently in her first year at the Bologna Center and, thanks to this generous fellowship, she will be able to complete the second year of the Master’s program at SAIS in Washington, D.C. Dr. Muller and Dr. McGovern, who is senior consultant at the American Institute for Contem-porary German

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DEVELO Studies at Johns Hopkins University, are longstanding and loyal advocates of the Bologna Center and SAIS as a whole. The McGovern-Muller Fellowship is a tangible example of their deep commitment to ensure that the most talented students have the opportunity to benefit from the SAIS experience and earn a SAIS degree. Dr. Muller commented, “The Bologna Center and SAIS have always played a vital role in preparing students in international relations. Jill and I are delighted to be able to invest in the next generation of leaders for our increasingly globalized world.” In addition to funding the fellowship last fall, the Mullers made a gift to support the renovation and expansion of the Bologna Center. “We were pleased to join so many alumni and friends of the Bologna Center in making the Center an even more appealing environment for faculty and students,” they stated. In appreciation for their generosity, the office of the Steven Muller Professor was named in their honor. The Steven Muller Chair in German Studies was established at the Center in 1996 in recognition of Dr. Muller’s dedication to the Bologna Center and to German-American relations. The holder of this endowed chair for the academic year 2008-09 is Gunther Hellmann, Professor of Political Science at the GoetheUniversity in Frankfurt am Main.

On the right: Gunther Hellmann, Steven Muller Professor in German Studies 2008-09, with former German foreign minister, Joschka Fischer, visiting with German students in 2005.

George Lawrence Abernethy Endowment

Robert J. Abernethy

In April 2008, Robert J. Abernethy, Johns Hopkins University alumnus and Trustee as well as Bologna Center Advisory Council member since 1993 signed a three-year agreement with the Bologna Center establishing the purpose of the George Lawrence Abernethy Endowment to encourage and enable collaborative research between faculty and students at the SAIS Bologna Center. Research areas are those related to George L. Abernethy’s principal interests in his life-long work, namely politics, ethics, economics, public health and world affairs. The endowment will support, each year, up to four SAIS and/or Johns Hopkins students, in the dissertation stage of their Ph.D. training, or students in the thesis stage of their MAIA program resident at the Bologna Center and working in the stated disciplinary areas. Endowment

disbursement will also be used to support research activities and publications of the Center for Constitutional Studies and Democratic Development (CCSDD)—a joint venture between the Bologna Center and the University of Bologna since 1995, in which graduate students from the Bologna Center or from other universities are involved. The George L. Abernethy Endowment will, in these ways, provide opportunities for SAIS Bologna Center faculty to mentor research students and, at the same time, enrich the academic experience of other SAIS Bologna Center students. The first two George L. Abernethy fellows at the Bologna Center for the academic year 2008-09 are Sara Konoe from Japan holding a degree in Law and Politics and currently working on a thesis titled “The Politics of Transforming Financial Markets and Regulations: a Comparison of the United States, Japan and Germany” and Kai Behrens from Germany holding a degree in Politics and currently working on a thesis on the role of the German economy in Europe. George L. Abernethy (August 23, 1910 - August 14, 1996) was professor emeritus of Philosophy at Davidson College, N.C. Robert J. Abernethy is a JHU graduate (School of Arts and Science, 1962) and founder and president of American Standard Development Company in Los Angeles, CA.

The Bologna Center Class of 1968 on the Center’s terrace at their 40th anniversary reunion in May 2008

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Bernard Lhoest Memorial Fellowship

Bernard Lhoest (BC86/DC87, Belgium)

Bernard Lhoest was an alumnus of the Bologna Center from the Class of 1986. A graduate of the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bernard came to the Center with a clear cut interest in understanding international development. As he finished his second year in Washington in 1987, he began working with the Program of the United Nations for Development, then joined Red Cross International. His first mission was in Colombia. Later he worked all over the world though more frequently in Latin America and Africa. During his many travels, Bernard developed his own theory about international development: he had a strong trust in the role of women in developing countries, and believed they may be able to “turn the world around” and make change happen. At his death in 2006, his mother decided to honor his memory by establishing the Bernard Lhoest Memorial Fellowship for women from Latin American or African countries at the Bologna Center to acquire the necessary knowledge in international relations to make Bernard’s dream come true. The first recipient will be selected from among the incoming students of the Center’s Class of 2010. Class of 1968 Fellowship The Class of 1968 gathered at the Center in May 2008 to celebrate their 40th anniversary. To mark this very important milestone, the class decided to finance a fellowship to be awarded to deserving students

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OPMENT at the Bologna Center. The first Class of 1968 Fellow will be selected from the students attending the next academic year, 20092010. The class effort has been energetically and generously supported by twenty-four classmates and has successfully raised $20,600. “Our group of fourteen classmates who celebrated their 40th anniversary in Bologna and Tuscany did not only exchange memories about the fantastic academic year 67’/68’ at the Bologna Center, but discussed with great anima the idea of raising funds for the Bologna Center and its students. This discussion both revived the relationships among classmates created forty years ago and produced the funding of a fellowship for students of the Bologna Center. This encouraging outcome is kind of a proof for me that the spirit of our class of ‘68 is still alive,” says Helmut Dorn, class leader. Eni Chair in International Economics

Anthony Elson, Eni Professor in International Economics, 2008-09

Established in 1991, the Agip Chair in International Economics, the first fully funded Chair at the Bologna Center, was renamed on December 1, 2008 as part of a new gift agreement with Eni SpA, the company which incorporated Agip and of which Agip is nowadays a division. Eni is a major integrated energy company, committed to growth in the activities of finding, producing, transporting, transforming and marketing oil and gas. Listed on both the Italian and the New York Stock exchanges, in

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2007 Eni reported consolidated revenues of 87 billion euros and net profit of 10 billion euros, up 8.6% over 2006. In 2008, Eni was recognized as the world’s most sustainable company in the oil and gas sector among the companies included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. A success in addition to being confirmed on both the Dow Jones Sustainability World and the FTSE4Good indexes, Eni is active in the following fields: Exploration and Production, Gas and Power, Refining and Marketing, Engineering and Construction. The chair will now carry the name: Eni Chair in International Economics. The gift—over a three year period—will offer outright support towards the chair’s operating costs. Eni and Eni Corporate University have in this way reinforced their ties to the SAIS Bologna Center laying the foundation for future successful cooperation. The first Eni Professor in International Economics at the Bologna Center in academic year 2008-09 is Professor Anthony Elson, senior consultant at the IMF, World Bank and New Rules for Global Finance Coalition. According to Salvatore Sardo, Eni chief corporate operations officer, “The central role of people, employee motivation and development of capabilities and know-how are core values of the Eni corporate culture and the foundation on which the company has built its competitiveness and success. New confirmation of this is the strengthening of Eni’s ties with Johns Hopkins University, a relationship that reflects the importance the company has traditionally attached to investment in employee education and training and to development of a network of close ties with the top Italian and international universities, where its activities are managed by an ad hoc company, Eni Corporate University.” Bologna Center Advisory Council member and alumnus, Raffaele Santoro (BC60, Italy), and Bologna Center Advisory Council member, Guglielmo Moscato, have been instrumental in securing this chair and its renewed funding.

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In May 2008, at the end of their first year at the Bologna Center, the Student Government decided to present the school with its first donation as young alumni. After much thought, students decided to designate their gift toward the Bologna Center building project by naming the basement locker room, also known as the “ping pong room.” Having enjoyed all aspects of their life at the Center, including a fully refurbished new building, the Student Government wanted to leave the Center a sign of gratitude and appreciation for what they defined as “a truly remarkable year.” This kind of support also carries an important message to future generations of alumni: it is never too early to get involved and leave a legacy to the next class. “We hope that this modest token of our appreciation for the unique Bologna experience will establish an enduring, if symbolic, connection between the Center

and the Class of 2008, as well as demonstrate and further inspire the spirit of a close-knit community,” says the 2008 Student Government. BC Journal Special Issue on the Environment Thanks to the support of alumnus Karl Homberg (BC67, Germany) a special issue of the Bologna Center Journal of International Affairs focusing on the Environment was published in December 2008. Bologna Center students Christina Sohn, Mike Casey, Jill O’Donnell, Rajiv D’Cruz and Ryker Labbee worked very hard to put the issue together. Efforts started in the spring semester of their 2008 year in Bologna and were carried out during the summer and the fall 2008 when they started their second year in D.C. As Christina Sohn, editor in chief, said in her cover note: “It is our hope that this special issue of the BC Journal will not only raise awareness of the pressing issues at hand, but also provide a forum for the debate and discussion of the role of the environment in international affairs.” Alumni interested in receiving a copy of the Journal should contact Alessandra Nacamu’ at: [email protected] or download the pdf version available on the Center’s website: www.jhubc.it/publications

DEVELOPMENT NEWS he SAIS Bologna Center development team grew to three people in 2007 to meet the increasing funding needs that face the Center, including the building refurbishment, fellowship funds, and research and program support, to name a few. However as of February 2009, Gabrielle Bennett stepped down as director of Development for the Bologna Center to become the UK director of Development for INSEAD. She says this was a difficult decision for her as she has loved being a part of the Bologna Center team. In the transition before a new director of Development is named, Gabriella Chiappini and Alessandra Adami will carry the program forward until the team is back to full strength. The Center, like all schools of The Johns Hopkins University, completed the Knowledge for the World Campaign on December 31st, 2008. The original goal for the Center when the campaign started in 2002 was $7 million. By the end, the Center had raised over $15 million.

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Professor and Director of the Center for Transatlantic Relations at SAIS in Washington. Hamilton wanted to create a blogspot devoted primarily to questions concerning a transforming and expanding Europe. Recognizing the potential of a rich pool of student opinions on both sides of the Atlantic, he was curious to hear whether Europe has “become a musty irrelevance, or if it offers lessons for America and the world,” as he writes on the website. The site is mainly a collaboration between Washington and Bologna students with the help of the SAIS Communications Offices in both places. Nonetheless, any faculty member or student at SAIS who wishes to contribute may submit. The two campuses communicate through occasional videoconferences and a shared Google spreadsheet where the writers can organize key themes and topics to avoid duplication. Ted Reinert (BC09, U.S.), a European Studies concentrator and head student coordinator on the Bologna side, confirms that there are many students interested in writing. While several have great insights, the con-

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SAIS BOLOGNA PROFESSORS DIALOGUE WITH ITALY’S TOP MANAGERS n an increasingly connected world where financial crises are the order of the day, business and academia can gain more than ever through dialogue and exchange. Last October, SAIS Bologna partnered with Centro di Formazione Management del Terziario (CFMT) of Manageritalia to present Italia Crescita Zero: Come Il Rilancio è Possibile at the Grand Visconti Palace in Milan. The audience, among them some of Italy’s top managers, listened to a panel discussion followed by a lively debate. From the Center, director and professor Keller and professors Plummer and Jones were panelists together with a distinguished group of Italian leaders in business, research and media. Manageritalia is a national federation that represents some 35,000 Italian executives and managers and nearly 9,000 companies. In the spirit of promoting their professional development, the Center’s professors plan to work in innovative ways with CFMT, the training

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branch of Manageritalia established in 1994, to encourage Italian managers to view issues broadly and bridge the international political economic scene with their professional lives. “The mission of the CFMT is to foster discussion and stimulate the development of new ideas stemming from managers for other managers through a series of seminars and debates on current issues... The collaboration with the Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center is the first step toward an international education bringing closer prestigious economists and skilled managers in understanding and facing the current economic situation in Italy and worldwide,” says CFMT director Michelangelo Patron. From the Center’s perspective, it is hoped this relationship will aid recruitment efforts since the Manageritalia network can provide visibility for the Center to prospective students interested in international affairs. The October event kicks off a series of

tending issue is finding time between exam preparation and readings to write, “This isn’t just someone’s blog, it’s the Washington Post, so there’s quality control, and a short post can take some time to develop,” he points out. The submissions are based on students’ personal observations and opinions, and so far published articles include a variety of themes and topics. These range from discussions on immigration and thoughts on the financial crisis, to comments on the U.S. Presidential election and Europe’s divergent reactions to it. The Post’s readers are able to post their own responses to the articles. Considering how a couple of controversial issues provoked over 100 comments, Next Europe seems to not only get noticed by the public but also to spark debate. As Next Europe matures and develops, hopefully students will find the time to write about what they’re experiencing on the ground and reading about in the international press and local news. A steady stream of articles to replenish old ones is essential to keep the blog lively with original and timely articles about “what’s hot” and “what’s not” on the Old (New) Continent. Even more, it’s a perfect way for students to transcend borders—without those heavy security controls. A.M.

repeated engagements geared toward Italy’s managerial cadre, which will provide a forum for the exchange of opinions and analysis regarding global economic issues among Italy’s managers and academics from SAIS Bologna. In an overall climate characterized by international and local economies in flux, where both theory and practice require constant revision, a forum where business and academia can discuss innovative approaches to global issues provides fertile ground for the development of comprehensive solutions. “The partnership with the SAIS Bologna is an invaluable asset for the thousands of members of Manageritalia throughout Italy, in which it supports current and future leaders in developing their own professionalism. It is fundamental, in the context of the increasing complexity of the current international economic scenario, to benefit from the knowledge and experience of a prestigious U.S. institution like the SAIS Bologna Center to broaden horizons, manage expectations and provide forward looking support to our managers,” says Manageritalia and CFMT president, Claudio Pasini. The next SAIS Bologna-CFMT event is planned for spring 2009 in Rome. O.B.R.

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TRANSFORMING SOCIETY

BY MOBILIZING YOUTH by Edward Branagan

ou must be the change you want to see in the world” is how the famous saying by Mahatma Gandhi goes. An echo of these very words could be heard in Kragujevac, Serbia, where fifty university students from Eastern Europe gathered at the annual Youth Organizing Institute (YOI) this past July. Since 2000, the Center for Constitutional Studies and Democratic Development (CCSDD)—an affiliate of the Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center and the University of Bologna’s Faculty of Law—has administered YOI, a summer program seeking to equip youth with skills that will empower them to become instruments of change in their communities. Funded in part by the Central European Initiative and by Robert J. Abernethy, Johns Hopkins University Trustee, Bologna Center Advisory Council member and long-time benefactor of Johns Hopkins University this ten-day program provides a forum for students to vocalize their concerns, find common ground with other students, and discover constructive solutions to salient issues in their society. The participants attended seminars related to racism, discrimination, and gender inequality. The students were challenged to recognize and confront injustice in the most uncommon places. Vibrant discussions, group activities, or role playing usually followed each of the seminars. In their free time, students could be found socializing at the café, showcasing their musical talents on a guitar, or playing a game of pick-up soccer. For those looking to get away from the retreat center, a walk to the nearby lake or a late-night excursion into town was always possible. While many of the seminars proved to be thought-provoking, some of the most memo-

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One student reflecting on an exhibit at the Sumarice Memorial Musuem, Kragujevac, Serbia

rable discussions occurred during mealtime. Over a tasty cevapi— a typical Serbian dish consisting of beef-lamb sausages on pita bread—one could hear the students sharing personal stories, giving language lessons, or debating over local politics. For many, one of the most significant aspects of the YOI was the opportunity to meet other students across Eastern Europe. Mateuesz, a student from Poland, remarked, “I loved having the opportunity to meet people from so many different countries.” Students also embarked on two field trips. First a visit to the Sumarice Memorial Park, a World War II museum commemorating the thousands of Serbs who were massacred under Nazi occupation. The harrowing photos of dead bodies and vivid accounts of innocent civilians slaughtered, struck visceral chords in the memories of many of the students who recalled the brutality of the most recent war in Yugoslavia. Some expressed their emotion through tears, others through silence and still others through comforting hugs. While boarding the bus, one of the participants from Serbia summed up the museum experience when she tearfully mumbled to herself, “We should have learned the first time. Why couldn’t we have learned the first time?…” Students were then taken to an Albanian refugee camp located on the outskirts of Kragujevac. For many, this visit was an eyeopening experience as it allowed them firsthand exposure to refugees. Following an introduction, the students toured the camp where they encountered quizzical looks as they passed by the Albanians outside of their makeshift homes. Although interaction was brief, the encounters were real. They offered the participants a poignant glimpse into the life of a refugee. The final days were designated for group

project work. Students identified prominent issues plaguing their societies and formed groups. Each group was instructed to investigate the selected issue by performing further research. Although the projects were predominantly student-driven, program trainers helped the groups establish a roadmap to analyzing the problem. The projects covered a wide spectrum of topics ranging from the exclusion of Roma populations, to the discrimination against homosexuals, to the marginalization of youth. Once each issue had been researched, the groups were asked to develop a feasible action plan which could help address the problem. On the final day, each group presented its findings to other participants and received constructive feedback. All in all, the inherent value of the YOI lies not in the projects that the participants complete while attending the program, but rather what the participants can be expected to accomplish in the future. With newly acquired skills, each of the participants is tasked with the new responsibility of transforming his or her own community. Although it may seem to be a daunting goal, they are not alone in this endeavor. As the newest inductees into the YOI network, the students inherit the connections and knowledge of other participants. For it is in collaborating with each other that the YOI participants can be expected to have the largest and most positive impact on their societies. Edward Branagan (BC08, U.S.) is a second-year M.A. student concentrating in Conflict Management. He is spent this past summer interning at the Center for Constitutional Studies and Democratic Development (CCSDD) and intends to pursue a career in conflict management following his graduation.

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December 2008 Regional Human Rights Mechanisms: The European Convention and the Arab Charter Conference On the left: Mohamed Y. Mattar, Executive Director, Protection Project SAIS and,, on the right: Maleiha Malik, Professor of Law, Kings College, London

October 2008 Europe, the United States, and the Next American President Stanley Hoffmann Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor, Harvard University

February 2009 Time is Running Short for World Governance Robert & Maria Evans Lectures Series in Italian Studies Third from left: Ambassador Ferdinando Salleo Former Italian Ambassador to Russia and United States September 2008 Aquaporin Water Channels From Atomic Structure to Malaria Peter Agre 2003 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry; Director, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute

November 2008 Secur(itiz)ing the West:The Transformation of Western Order Conference

January 2009 Lunch with Bologna Center students in the penthouse: Francis Fukuyama Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy and Director of the International Development Program, SAIS October 2008 The Next Great Depression? Understanding the Global Financial Crisis “The Dream Team”: Professors Plummer, Zamagni, Jones, Siebert and Cheong

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...and elsewhere October 2008, “Italia Crescita Zero: Come Il Rilancio è Possibile” Grand Visconti Palace, Milan From the left: Eugenio Occorsio, Chief Editor Business and Finance, La Repubblica, Michelangelo Patron, Director CFMT, Director Kenneth H. Keller, Claudio Pasini, President CFMT and Manageritalia, Professor Erik Jones and Professor Michael G. Plummer

HAMBURGERS AND CHAMPAGNE Election Night Experienced in Two Italian Cities

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SAIS Bologna Center students show a mix of emotions from exhaustion to anticipation as they watch the 2008 American Presidential Elections wind down at 3:30 A.M. in Rome, Italy. Photo by Eric Seilo (BC09)

hey were in for a long night, the twenty students who’d taken the train from Bologna to Rome that evening to attend a party. In no way would it resemble anything they had attended before. Nor was this an ordinary night. It was the 4th of November and the United States was just about to elect its new president. Opening the doors of the five-star Hotel Exelia, a room full of embassy personalities, professors and politicians, champagne and canapés, as well as McDonald’s and Budweiser beers, appeared in front of them. “McDonalds had a table covered with chicken nuggets with little toothpicks in them as if they were fancy hors d’oeuvres and piles of hamburgers, which I found incredibly odd,” Elliot Carmean (BC09, U.S.) recounts. The U.S. Embassy in Rome had put on a cocktail reception for the night, and thanks to professor Erik Jones, his personal invitation was extended to include a group of students from the Bologna Center. “The event provided a great opportunity for our students to reach out to the wider Winter/Spring 2009

Italian community and to share in celebrating American democracy,” Jones later commented. Another, much larger group of SAIS Bologna students was also awake that night. Unlike their fellow classmates in Rome, they were seated in the auditorium chairs of the Bologna Center instead of mingling with embassy personnel at a fancy cocktail party. Food and drinks were also served, but pizza and punch in place of McDonald’s and champagne. And with students dressed mostly in jeans and Obama t-shirts (in contrast to high heels and black suits), the dress code was significantly more relaxed. As the night proceeded and the hours started getting longer, time passed in different ways for the two groups. The life-sized Obama and McCain paper figures became idle objects for photo sessions in between snacking, mingling and drinking in Rome, while in Bologna, students filled out electoral maps and voted on which states would go red or blue when the waiting became tiring. “We had several types of entertainment

Two of the Center’s students watch live election results come in the large screen in the Fondazione del Monte-Unicredit Auditorium © Joshua Corbett Photography (BC09)

prepared,” Larina Helm (BC09, U.S.), one of the organizers of the nightlong event at the Bologna Center, explains, “but in the end we didn’t need any extra entertainment. People were content just hanging around, talking and watching the big screen.” How did Larina feel, being in Bologna during the election? “I really liked it. It gave me a totally different perspective.” She had invested a lot of time and energy working for the Obama campaign during the primaries back home, but being in Italy allowed her to observe the election with a bit of distance and hear reactions from non-American fellow students. Campbell Palfrey (BC09, U.S.), one of the twenty students in Rome, did not feel the same. “As an event, it was exciting and an interesting experience. But there was no collective sense, no urgency or commitment to what was going on [at the party],” he expressed. Nevertheless, when it all came to an end and the results were clear, smiles and tears—as well as sparkling prosecco— appeared in both places. A.M.

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LETTER FROM LIDIA by Lidia Licari t the end of the current academic year I will retire as coordinator of the Bologna Center’s Language Program. While it is true that I will no longer head the department, I do not intend to abandon the Center. I hope to continue to teach French and to guide that program for the next few years. It is hard for me to fathom that forty years have passed since, with an incredulous and ecstatic smile and feeling on top of the world, I walked away from the Center after an interview with C. Grove Haines—the founder of this institution—with the confirmation that, starting the following October, I would teach a French course. “I know that you are very young, even younger than the students you will teach, I know that you still have not finished your studies, I know that you do not have much teaching experience; but I believe you have all the skills the Bologna Center is looking for. Let’s try it for a semester. If it goes well, we’ll keep on going; if not, friends like before,” he said. The American world that I was contesting on a political level—it was the Vietnam years—had just offered an amazing opportunity to a twenty-year-old kid: was this American director reckless to make the offer? Or was I irresponsible to accept? After many years, my answer is: we were both wise. This is the first reason I am grateful to the Center: for providing me with an opportunity. I already knew the Bologna Center. My sister Carmen had been teaching here for a few years and I had gotten to know some of her colleagues and friends. Some I knew better than others: Pierre Hassner who used to come to Bologna from Paris every two weeks, Sheila Murphy who “reigned” over the reception, Hannelore Aragno who taught German and with whom I would later share an office, Angelo Buldini who never once forgot to do the rounds of every office each evening to check that lights were off and doors shut. With others I was a bit more shy: Federico Mancini, Alfred Grosser, Antonio La Pergola, just to name a few. However, it was from that one lucky interview that my real Hopkins adventure began. I began to teach grammar rules to respectful, diligent students wearing jackets and tie, or classic women’s suits. Before each class, I spent hours studying—perhaps more than they did—to prepare answers to the questions they would ask me. Some days I thought I wouldn’t make it! But, within a few years, I already knew a lot about course content and teaching methodologies, and students began coming to class in jeans, sandals and loud colors. Finding a job after their Bologna experience was their main preoccupation. They were deeply interested in getting to know other cultures, in the Eurocommunism that was emerging, in how the city of Bologna was practicing it. I continued to teach the same grammar rules, but my phrases, in the exercises, were beginning to change. To practice prepositions I no longer used “Ho visto un gatto per la strada” (I saw a cat in the street) but rather “Ho visto un manifesto su un muro” (I saw a poster on a wall). As the students grew, so did I. We continued to share curiosity and enthusiasm and, with each new class, there was always a new inspiration. This is the second reason for my gratitude to the Bologna Center: for cultivating and stimulating a spirit of initiative and a faith in the future.

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BOLOGNA CENTER FACULTY - Recent Books After that first assignment in 1969, I was given another to teach Italian in 1971, then to coordinate the intensive course in 1973, and subsequently to oversee the entire program in 1976. After that, I witnessed constant expansion: an increase in the number of students, an increase in applications, and new and diversified needs. Besides the traditionally offered languages (English, French, German, Italian), we began to provide other languages that students rightfully requested (Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Arabic). As a result, we went from four or five teachers in the 1970s to the fourteen we are today. Chalk, chalkboard, red pencil, and printed exams, went the way of audio-visual labs, email coursework, and on-line exams. I continued to study my subject matter, to update my skills, to experiment. However, while I know and recognize the benefits of technology, I continue to have a healthy wariness of anything that detracts from the richness of personal relationships: so although today I receive coursework via email, I then print it out, correct it with my red pencil, and call the student into my office to explain the errors, since it is only by seeing the look in their eyes that I can determine whether they’ve truly understood or not. Maybe this is one of my limitations, but believe me, in terms of human relations, it still works. The third reason for my gratitude toward the Center is that here I have found a true sense of belonging and a unique multicultural identity. It would be hypocritical to say that our worlds were always in tune, or even that during moments of difficulty I never asked myself why I did not accept any of the other job offers which, by that point, came to me regularly. In those moments there was always a maternal shoulder to lean on in the administration—and it is not by chance that I say “maternal” because they were always women, with a great sense of solidarity; a director to reassure me—and I have had the pleasure to collaborate with all of them; and the enthusiasm and affection of many students that kept me going. Each time I opted for the Bologna Center—and I won the bet! During these forty years many things have changed, except for one: the grammar rules, which are what I teach. After forty years, the adjective still agrees with the noun and the past participle still agrees with the subject when the auxiliary verb is “to be,” but instead when it’s “to have”… but I don’t believe I only taught this. Patrick McCarthy knew this well and like him, many other friends and colleagues that the language department has had in its classrooms, from John Harper to Tom Row, not to mention Erik Jones, Mike Plummer, Meera Shankar and many others, including some directors. This is the strength of the Bologna Center: we live and share to grow together and build. Everyone does his or her bit of work that, in turn, is an essential piece of an interdependent mechanism. But, if your little bit does not work, the mechanism can break down. I am ready to bet that it will not break down as long as there are colleagues, students, and friends like those I have had, and still have today. Ciao a tutti e arrivederci a presto, Winter/Spring 2009

Granet. De Rome à Paris, le plein-air romantique, catalogue de l’exposition, Rome By Anna Ottani Cavina Académie de France. ed. Electa Milan, 2009 Federico Zeri. Lettere alla Casa Editrice Einaudi Anna Ottani Cavina, editor Einaudi Torino, 2008 Accesso alla giustizia dell’individuo nel diritto internazionale e dell’Unione europea Marco Gestri, co-editor Giuffrè editore, Milan, 2009 The Future of European Foreign Policy Erik Jones and Saskia van Genugten, co-editors Routledge, 2009 The 2008 US Presidential Elections: A Story in Four Acts Erik Jones, co-editor Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 (to be published in Italian by Il Mulino)

Le primarie comunali in Italia Gianfranco Pasquino, co-editor Il Mulino, 2009 ASEAN Economic Integration: Trade, Finance, and Foreign Direct Investment By Michael G. Plummer Imperial College London and World Scientific, Singapore, (Forthcoming 2009)

Standards of Investment Protection By August Reinisch Oxford University Press, 2008 Rules for the Global Economy By Horst Siebert Princeton University Press, 2009

Il potere dei simboli, i simboli del potere. Laicità e religione alla prova del pluralismo By Susanna Mancini Cedam Publisher, Padova, 2008 Masters of Political Science Gianfranco Pasquino, co-editor European Consortium of Political Research (Forthcoming 2009)

Journal of Modern Italian Studies (JMIS) Special Issue. 14-1. Proceedings of a conference held at the SAIS Bologna Center in March 2008: ‘A Special Vision of Italy: Patrick McCarthy 1941-2007’ The issue is due to be published in spring 2009. Orders may be placed by contacting [email protected]. See www.jhubc.it/mccarthy for further details.

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he Bologna Center is fortunate to have many alumni who help advance the work of the school and make the SAIS network so vibrant. In the Development section of this issue of Rivista, we recognize alumni who made financial contributions to the Center; here we want to thank alumni who contribute in other ways equally essential to the success of our work. These efforts raise the visibility of the school, attract new students to the program, provide job opportunities for students and alumni, and demonstrate a level of commitment that we are truly honored to have. Many alumni help in multiple ways, and those individuals are noted with a diamond (w) since, for reasons of space, names are listed here just once. If, despite our best efforts to mention everyone we have inadvertently made an error, please send a note to: [email protected]. We will make corrections in the next issue of Rivista.

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GET INVOLVED INITIATIVE Kenneth Anye (BC08, Cameroon) Gaurav Deep Arora (BC07/DC08, U.S.) Patrick Avato (BC05/DC06, Germany) Rachel Bahn (BC07/DC08, U.S.) David Bonine (BC00/DC01, U.S.) Duncan Burrell (BC06/DC07, UK) Scott Cantorw (BC07/DC08, U.S.) Filippo Chiesaw (BC08, Italy) Amy Cloudw (BC06/DC07, U.S.) Michael De Lucia (BC94/DC95, U.S.) Edward Dougherty (BC05/DC08, U.S.) Laura Freschi (BC07/DC08, U.S.) Aysha Ghadiali (BC07/DC08, U.S.) Michael Gujda (BC07, U.S.) Tarig Hilal (BC06/DC08, UK) Anna Hirtenfelder (BC08, Austria) Peter Johnson (BC06/DC07, U.S.) Thomas Kang (BC07/DC08, U.S.) Jonathan Kartt (BC07/DC08, U.S.) Felix Knidlberger (BC05/DC06, Germany) Daniel Kollmannw (BC07/DC08, Germany) Harald Langer (BC08, Austria) Ariel Mendez (BC07/DC08, U.S.) Chad Miner (BC08, U.S.) Patricia Morales (BC08, U.S.) Diana Salvemini (BC07/DC08, Italy) Carlotta Saporito (BC05/DC06, Italy) Alexander Schratzw (BC07/DC08, Germany) Manuel Seiffew (BC07/DC08, Germany) Petr Stabrawa (BC07/DC08, Czech Republic) Florian Theus (BC06/DC08, Germany) Alison Umberger (BC05, U.S.) Sarah Underwood (BC07/DC08, U.S.) Alp Kerem Usar (BC05, Turkey) Joseph Whalenw (BC07/DC08, U.S.)

CAREER TRIPS Dana Allinw (BC85/DC86/Ph.D.90, U.S.) Allen Appen (DC89) Carter Atlamazoglou (BC06/DC07, U.S.) Christopher Beauman (DC67, UK) Cyrus Behbehani (DC91) Gwen Bondiw (BC85/DC86, U.S.) Bronwen Brown (DC02, U.S.) Nathaniel Bullard (BC05/DC06, U.S.) Christopher Cantelmi (BC93/DC94, U.S.) John Paul Cookw (BC83/DC84/Ph.D.98, U.S.) Nadia Costantini (BC96/DC97, Italy) Michael Deliaw (BC83/DC84, U.S.) Marco Dell’Aquilaw (BC85/DC86, UK/Italy) Carel du Marchie Sarvaasw (BC95, Netherlands) Amjad Ghori (DC86, U.S.) Richard Gildea (BC83/DC84, U.S.) Daniel Gould (BC03, UK) Anne-Claire Goupy (BC02/DC03, France) John Grahamw (DC79, U.S.) Julien Halfon (BC03/DC03, France) Larry Hatheway (BC83/DC84, U.S.) Stuart Henselw (BC95/DC96, Germany/Canada) Chikako Kuno (BC85/DC88, U.S.) Anna Kielbratowska (BC04/DC05, Poland) David Klingensmith (DC74, U.S.) Emily Landis Walker (BC80/DC81, U.S.) Maria Malas (DC07, Lebanon) Marco Mantovanelli (BC91/DC93, Italy) Antonio Missiroli (BC93, Italy) Ryan Packard (KSAS04, U.S.) John Rainesw (BC05/DC06, U.S.) Rabee Sahyoun (KSAS96) Nihar Sait (DC98) Matthew Shinkman (DC01, U.S.) Karl von Klitzing (BC99/DC00, Germany)

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ALUMNI WEEKEND CAREER COUNSELING Kristoff Abbeloos (BC04, Belgium) Armando Anfosso (BC01/DC03, Italy) Miriam Awad (BC03/DC04, U.S.) Jon Becker (BC78/DC79, U.S.) Eric Bellman (BC93/DC94, U.S.) Jeremy Bowen (BC83/DC84, UK) Bernard Bridel (BC78, Switzerland) Gary Davison (BC83/KSAS84, U.S.) Martin Fraenkel (BC83/DC84, UK) Filippo Gamba (BC03/DC04, Italy) Blair Glencorse (BC03/DC04, UK) Tim Gould (BC98, UK) Armine Guledjian (BC05/DC06, U.S.) John Isaacs (BC68/DC69, U.S.) Scott Kleinberg (BC88/DC90, U.S.) Christine Knudsen (BC93/DC94, U.S.) Alla Kruglak (DC03) Bernardo Monzani (BC03/DC04, Italy) Anne Pearce (BC98/DC99, U.S.) Giuseppe Pennisi (BC67/DC68, Italy) Claudia Pieterse (BC03/DC04, Netherlands) Joseph Richardson (BC03/DC04, UK) Boris Ruge (BC88, Germany) Paola Sophia Seremetis (BC88/DC89, U.S./Greece) Melinda Smale (BC78/DC79, U.S.) Olga Smyrnova (BC04, Ukraine) Partha Vasudev (BC05/DC07, India) Michael Waldron (BC05/DC06, U.S.) Fabian Wendenburg (BC06/DC07, Germany) Holger Wilms (BC06/DC07, Germany)

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES & ADVICE Ana Arino (DC06, Spain) Sara Bignami (BC06/DC07, Italy) Sören Buttkereit (BC99/DC00, Germany) Leonardo Corsetti (BC06/DC08, Italy) Ruben Diaz-Plaja (BC05/DC06, Spain) Andras Fehervary (BC85/KSAS86, U.S.) Claudia Fumo (BC92/DC93, Italy) Christoph Hack (BC91, Austria) Benjamin Hein (BC93/DC94, US/Germany) Eduard Hochreiter (BC75, Austria) Robert Jenkins (BC75/DC75, U.S.) Katherine Joseph (BC96/DC97, UK) Aki Kachi

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Anna Koppel (BC02/DC03, Russia) Barbara Lapini (BC94/DC95, U.S.) Isabella Lindner (BC88, Austria) Lieve Lowet (BC83/DC84, Belgium) Joakim Lundquist (BC99/BC00, Sweden) Marshall Millsap (BC75/DC76, U.S.) Jessica Morrison (BC08, U.S.) Paolo Natali (BC04/DC06, Italy) Massimiliano Paolucci (BC97/DC98, Italy) Jonas Paul Ilaria Regondi (BC07/DC08, Italy) Andrew Stephens (BC94/DC95, U.S.) Jànos Strohmayer (BC94/DC95, Austria) Tobias Thiel (BC08, Germany)

EUROPEAN ALUMNI CHAPTERS Efsane Askin (BC93, Turkey) Ralf Beke-Bramkamp (BC88, Germany) Ioannis Bourloyannis-Tsangaridis (BC81, Greece) Cappucine Carrier (BC89, Canada) Sally Anne Corcoran (BC95/DC96, U.S.) Claude Cornet (BC62, France) Andreas Credé (BC76/DC77, Germany) Gatis Eglitis (BC02, Latvia) Claudia Flisi (BC71/DC72, Italy) Hall Gardner (BC82/X89) Jürgen Glückert (BC62, Germany) Jaume Guardans (BC93, Spain) Bikem Ibrahimoglu (BC93, Turkey) John Kadelburger (BC86, Sweden) Geraldine Kelly (BC80/DC81, Ireland) Norbert Knittlmayer (BC89, Germany) Sandra Kramer (BC89/DC90, Netherlands) Karl Krammer (BC79/BC80, Austria) Winfried Lambertz (BC68, Germany) Alessandra Macrì (BC00, Italy) Percival Manglano (BC98, Spain) Mark Maskow (BC99/DC00, Germany) Martin Miszerak (BC78/DC79, U.S.) Charles Quigley (DC76, U.S.) Lars Rosdahl (BC80/DC81, Sweden) Denise Senmartin (DC03) Indrek Tarand (BC93, Estonia) Hasan Teoman (BC80/DC82, Austria/Turkey) Eve Trezza (BC71/DC72, U.S.) Hans Van Geloven (BC96/DC97, Netherlands) Kurt Vandenberghe (BC91/DC92, Belgium) Sebastian Vos (DC02, Netherlands) Vladimir Zuberec (BC03, Slovak Republic)

BOLOGNA CENTER SEMINAR SERIES 2007-08 Tiziano Bonazzi (BC65, Italy) Paola Conconi (BC95/DC96, Italy) Giovanna Dell'Orto (BC02, Italy) Daniel Keohane (BC98/DC99, Ireland) Aidan Lewis (BC02/DC03, UK) Angelo Panebianco (BC72, Italy) Gianfranco Pasquino (BC66/DC67, Italy) Patrizia Poggi (BC95/DC96, Italy) Seamus Taggart (BC98/DC99, UK) Cüneyt Ülsever (BC75/DC76, Turkey) Bertjan Verbeek (BC85, Netherlands)

AMICI DI BOLOGNA Dennis Amato (BC68/DC68/Ph.D.72, U.S.) David Ciulla (BC04/DC05, U.S.) Anne Erni (BC85/KSAS86/DC90, U.S.) Laura Forlano (BC00, U.S.) Sara Hermann Fought (BC81/KSAS82, U.S.) Vanessa Friedman (BC00/DC01, U.S.) Philip Futterman (BC57/DC57, U.S.) Richard Greco (BC95/DC97, U.S.) John Jove (BC82/KSAS83, U.S.) Ajay Kaisth (BC89, U.S.) Daniela Kaisth (BC89/KSAS90, U.S.) Jennifer Lind (BC91/DC92, U.S.) Michelle Moosally (BC00/DC01, U.S.) Hayley Nelson (BC00/DC01, U.S.) Charles Park (BC96/DC98, U.S.) Gianni Sellers (BC81/DC82, U.S.) Thomas Stelzer (BC83, Austria) Bart Stevens (BC81/DC82, Belgium) Elda Stifani (BC74/DC75, U.S.) Tom Tesluk (BC81/DC82, U.S.) James Upton (BC91/DC92, U.S.) Melody Woolford (BC01/DC03, U.S.)

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Alumni Notes avid S. Mason (BC70/DC71, U.S.) and his wife, Sharon Wood Mason (BC70/DC71, U.S.), both retired this year. They are not only one of the many couples who met at the Bologna Center; they are also members of a multigenerational SAIS family. David’s father, Richard, graduated from the SAIS Class of 1948, and David was the first second-generation student to graduate from SAIS. David and Sharon’s eldest daughter, Dana Mason (BC03, U.S.), received her MAIA degree from the Bologna Center with her parents and grandfather in attendance. The Mason family is believed to be the first family to have three generations of graduates. Sharon served for twenty-one years as a chaplain at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Indianapolis. David was professor of political science at Butler University, where he taught for thirty-three years. He recently published his sixth book, The End of the American Century, which documents the multiple and interrelated dimensions of America’s domestic and international decline. David welcomes BC alumni to visit the website associated with the book and to join in conversation about the future of the United States: www.endoftheamericancentury.blogspot.com Scott Kleinberg (BC88/DC90, U.S.) reports he has moved to Tel Aviv and is working at USAID on the West Bank and Gaza program.

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Phillip de Assis (BC95/DC96, U.S.) reports that he is vice consul and fraud prevention manager at the United States embassy in Georgetown, Guyana. Thomas Schneider (BC96, Germany) has been appointed professor of mathematics and physics at Hochschule Furtwangen University, Faculty of Digital Media in Germany. Since returning to Italy in 2002, Kathryn Knowles (BC01/DC02, U.S.) has made Bologna home. After four years with a local non-profit foundation, Kathryn joined BolognaFiere in January as business development manager. In 2006 she directed the publication of the second edition of Bologna Inside, a guidebook for for- Kathryn Knowles and husband Marco eigners, in collaboration with the International Women’s Forum of Bologna. Kathryn and her husband Marco remind BC classmates that they are always welcome for a visit. Lucas de Beaufort (BC99/DC05, the Netherlands) married Heather Beck on October 11 in Charleston, South Carolina. A large number of SAISers gathered together to celebrate the wedding from all over the United States, as well as from Afghanistan, The wedding of Lucas de Beaufort and wife Heather

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Alex Skora (BC90/DC91, U.S.) has been a singer/songwriter since his late teens, producing several albums. Past collaborators include Bon Jovi, producer Luke Ebbin, Cameron Greider (Chris Cornell), Jeff Allen (Duncan Sheik), producer Roger Greenawalt (Ben Kweller, Nils Lofgren, Ric Ocasek) and Electonica stars Peter Kruder (Kruder and Dorfmeister) and Rodney Hunter. His current band includes ex-Billy Idol drummer Thommy Price and former Blondie guitarist Jimi Bones. He finished his last album a year ago, titled No Eyes for the Future, and he continues to record new tunes. His music can be heard at myspace.com/alxband.

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From left to right: Dirk Meerburg (BC99, the Netherlands), Jean Francois Ruhashyankiko, Simcha Meerburg-da Costa, Lisette Bekker-Olijslager, Wim Bekker (BC99/DC00, the Netherlands), Helen Medina (BC99/DC00, U.S.), Carole Ruhashyankiko-Chapelier (BC99/DC00, Belgium), Timothy Flynn (BC99/DC00, U.S.), Marianne Stigset (BC99/DC00, Norway), Ashley Van Straten, Sabrina Blake (BC99/DC00, U.S.), Heather Beck and Lucas de Beaufort, Jody Barrett, (BC/DC99, U.S.), Todd Cater (BC99/DC00) AnneCatherine (BC99, Belgium) and David Schaub-Jones (BC99/DC00, UK), with daughter, India, Tom Kenyon (BC99/DC00, UK), Anne Hassberger (BC99/DC00, Switzerland), Mike Derham (BC99/DC03, U.S.), Antoine Duvauchelle (BC99/DC00, France), Sandro Trosso (BC99/DC00, Peru/Italy), Mary Morrison (BC03/DC04, UK), and Edward Anderson (DC06). SAIS alumni not pictured but present at the wedding were Casey Reckman (DC06), Neil Boege (DC06), Jessica Thompson (BC06/DC07, U.S.) and Brian Marterer (DC99).

Rwanda, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, France, Panama and China. David Schacht (BC01/DC02, U.S.) is executive director of Amigos of Costa Rica, a Washington, D.C.-based NGO that supports the CRUSA Foundation in Costa Rica which focuses on the environment, education, economic competitiveness, and science and technology. David leads a team building Costa Rica’s first ever Social Investment Promotion Agency, forming strategic alliances with corporate and foundation partners with shared interests in Costa Rica’s development. David can be reached at [email protected], and is happy to hear from fellow SAISers with an interest in Costa Rica. David was previously with Carana Corporation, a global consulting firm, and is a former member of the Bologna Center Advisory Council, its first Young Alumni member. Sebastian Tong (BC04/DC05, Singapore) lives in London, where he is a correspondent, Emerging Markets, at Thomson Reuters. Sebastian and his wife, Melinda, welcomed Esther, their baby girl, in October. Miriam Elder (BC05/DC06, U.S.) is a freelance journalist based in Moscow. She covers politics, business and culture for a variety of publications including the Sunday Telegraph and the Financial Times. She is Russia correspondent for GlobalPost, a new media venture. Her work has also appeared in the Independent, Business Week, the International Herald Tribune and the Times of London. Jay B. Lurie (BC06/DC07, U.S.) has transfered offices within Macquarie Capital Advisers from New York to Mumbai, where he is working in the Infrastructure Finance group, seeking project acquisitions for a new infrastructure fund, based in Mumbai, sponsored by Macquarie, State Bank of India and the IFC (World Bank). His contact info is [email protected] and he looks forward to visitors. On January 20th Chad Miner (BC08, U.S.) and Stephanie Harmon (BC08, U.S.) attended the Inauguration of President Barack Obama. At the end of the event Chad asked Stephanie to marry him and “she said yes.” Chad Miner and Stephanie Harmon

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In Memoriam

Frederick Hood 15 October 1980 24 December 2008

by Erik Jones

Bologna e la famiglia mi mancano! Fred’s Christmas card arrived just a few days before the holidays started. He was supposed to come and visit in early December. Somehow that didn’t work out. We had planned the trip in November during a long telephone conversation about the global financial crisis and his burgeoning career as an investment banker. He toyed a bit with the idea of finishing his doctoral dissertation at some point. But we both expected that the trip would be complicated and he seemed too engaged in the world of finance for me to believe he was ready to come back to school any time soon. Early December came and went. Then the card arrived: “Merry Christmas from the frozen north! I’m looking for a good time to come over... Bologna e la famiglia mi mancano! Love, Fred.” My wife, Una, was impressed that eighteen months in Scotland had done little to weaken his command of Italian grammar. I remembered that I would have to tease Fred about that one. Fred started at the Bologna Center in 2002, the same year I came back to join the faculty—and from what I could tell he never really left. He was one of those rare people who grows seamlessly from student to colleague, to friend to family. It’s hard to remember meeting him because it’s hard to remember when he wasn’t there. Of course that is not to suggest Fred ever made a weak impression. He had tremendous self-confidence and frightening abilities. He was smart and funny, but he was also caring and warm. He went to his first Halloween Party as “Professor Row” and ended up being adopted by Tom in the

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process. He wrote and sang some crazy song in that year’s variety show and so set a pattern that would last for many years after. He also studied and wrote—brilliantly. When he came to my office only a few months into the program to ask if he could stay a second year, I jumped at the chance to bring him into the MAIA. The same was true a year later when he applied for the Ph.D. I’d like to think they were the best moves I ever made, but the choices were so obvious that they hardly count as decisions. Over the coming years, I learned to depend on Fred far more than you would expect from a student or research assistant. We organized seminars, edited books, drafted reports, and wrote papers together on a continuous basis. And I wasn’t alone. Fred was a major part of the Ph.D. program in European Studies and a close friend and collaborator to his supervisor, David Calleo. He was the indispensable teaching assistant for the core course “Evolution of the International System” both with Tom Row and with Adrian Lyttelton. He was also a great friend and colleague to Patrick McCarthy and an unofficial member of the McCarthy clan. Things weren’t always easy for Fred. Those of you who knew him will also remember how he could be too energetic— and too able—for his own good. Working with him was like trying to keep hold of some awesomely powerful racehorse; sometimes you worried that if you didn’t rein him in he would run himself into the ground. He

wrote his MAIA thesis in just a handful of days and with results that were near publishable in quality. I asked him to help me with a project on anti-Americanism in Italy and he force-fed me with the post-World War II history of Italian-American relations instead. He agreed to co-teach a course on strategic studies at the University of Bologna and in his efforts to absorb the whole of that literature, I think he gave up sleep entirely. The beauty of working with Fred, though, was that he would always find a way to work around his own limitations. You just had to give him enough time. We had some great afternoons hanging out in London near St. James. I don’t remember the reason for the visit, but I guess it was to do something at Chatham House. Whatever it was, it was unmemorable—just a good excuse to hang out in a place that Fred knew well. We ended up spending the time talking about his experiences at Eton, Harvard, and the Edinburgh fringe festival. The running theme was always the same. He would throw himself into something, work like hell, find himself buried in a mess, and then dig himself out. Each story made Fred more impressive. He had a knack for funny self-deprecation, but it was easy to see that he also had a solid core of hard-won achievement. He didn’t fail at things, give up, and then reinvent himself. He evolved, carrying all that wealth of effort, experience, and selfknowledge around with him. Our last conversation really blew me away. I was always teasing him about going into investment banking. The running joke was that he was finally worldly enough to deserve the financial rewards that a banking career would bring him. What I never expected—largely because it never occurred to me—was how much he would grow in the job. True to form, he had a tough start but quickly rose to the challenge and then some. You could sense over the phone that he had made another big step in his evolution. There was no telling where he would go next. I couldn’t wait to see him to find out. Mi manca. [Frederick Hood died in an avalanche while skiing in the Austrian Alps on Christmas Eve, 2008.] To learn about the Center’s memorial initiatives to honor Frederick’s life, see page 17.

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