Raymond Hinnebusch, founder and director of the Centre for Syrian Studies and professor of International Relations and Middle East Studies, University of St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, discussed "Explaining War in the Middle East: Deploying Waltz's Three Levels of Analysis" as part of the War and Peace in the Middle East Series.

Ethan Ilzetzki, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Political Science, London School of Economics, UK, discussed "Does Vote Counting Count? Labor Productivity through the Lens of an Electoral Task" at SAIS Europe on Monday, April 4.

Romano Prodi, President, Foundation for Worldwide Cooperation; Chairman, United Nations-African Union Panel for Peacekeeping in Africa; Former President of the European Commission; Former Prime Minister of Italy, had a conversation with the SAIS Europe community on Thursday, March 31.

Nathalie Tocci, Deputy Director of Istituto Affari Internazionali, Editor of The International Spectator and Special Adviser to EU HRVP Federica Mogherini, discussed "Towards an EU Global Strategy" as part of the Europe's Security Challenges Series.

Bill Bowring, Professor of Law at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK, discussed "Constitutional Reset in Central Asia in the Context of the Eurasian Economic Union" as part of the Constitutional Development in Central Asia Series.

Stephen Vertigans, Head of the School of Applied Social Studies at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland, discussed "Routes In and Out of Jihadism: Locating the Rise and Appeal of Islamic State within a Recent History of Political Violence" as part of the Strategic Studies Series.

Philippe Droz-Vincent, Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Sciences-Po Grenoble, France, discussed "The Military Dimension of Arab Politics and Its Changing Faces after 2011" as part of the War and Peace in the Middle East Series.

Mary Vincent, Professor of Modern European History, University of Sheffield, UK, discussed "Spain 40 Years On: The Historical Legacy of Franco's Dictatorship" as part of the Contemporary Mediterranean History and Institutions Series.

Inge Missmahl, Dipl. Analytical Psychologist, Psychoanalyst, discussed "Vicious Circles of Violence: The Afghan Conflict and Dynamics of Communal and Domestic Violence" as part of the Issues of Conflict Management Series.

Vali R. Nasr, Dean and Professor of International Relations, Johns Hopkins University SAIS, Washington D.C., discussed "Challenges and Opportunities in the Middle East" as part of the War and Peace in the Middle East Series.