Christopher McCrudden, Queen's University Belfast, UK; University of Michigan, US, discussed "Conscience" as part of the Religion in International Law and International Relations Series.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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