Michael Sarris, Former Minister of Finance, Cyprus, discussed "The Eurozone Crisis and its Aftermath: The Case of Cyprus" at SAIS Europe on Monday, April 1.

Richard Pomfret, University of Adelaide, Australia, discussed "The EU-China Eurasian Landbridge and China's Belt and Road Initiative" as part of the International Economics Series.

Zach Messitte, Ripon College, US, discussed "Republican Populist: Spiro Agnew and the Origins of Donald Trump’s America" as part of the American Foreign Policy Series.

Paul Tucker, Systemic Risk Council; Harvard Kennedy School, US, discussed "A Gap in Constitutionalism: Independent Central Banks and Other Commitment Devices" as part of the Constitutionalism in Illiberal Democracies Series.

Myriam Ferran, Strategy and Turkey, European Commission, discussed "EU Enlargement Policy, Soft Power, Solid Results" as part of the Hard Power/Soft Power in Global Politics Series.

Veronica Anghel, Institute for Central Europe, Austria; University of Bucharest, Romania, discussed "Flirting with Chaos: The Challenges of Post-communist Regime Transformation in Central and Eastern Europe" as part of the European and Eurasian Studies Series.

Helle Malmvig, Danish Institute for International Studies, Denmark, discussed "Mosaics of Power: Relations between State and Non-state Actors in the Syrian War" as part of the States and Non-state Actors in the Middle East Series.

Nicola Limodio, Bocconi University, Italy, discussed "Terrorism Financing, Recruitment and Attacks: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Pakistan" as part of the International Economics Series

Antje Wiener, Professor of Political Science at the University of Hamburg, discussed "Contestation and Constitution of Norms in Global International Relations" as part of the International Relations Series.

Daniel Wehrenfennig, Olive Tree Initiative, University of California, US, discussed "The Olive Tree Initiative: Experiential Learning and Teaching about Intractable Conflicts in the Middle East and Beyond" as part of the States and Non-state Actors in the Middle East Series.