Rivista - The Magazine of the Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center

Winter / Spring 2011
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Rivista

THE MAGAZINE OF THE BOLOGNA CENTER
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES - SAIS

Rivista
Winter / Spring 2011

Rivista is published periodically by the Bologna Center of the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Rivista is distributed to the alumni, friends, and supporters of the Bologna Center.

The views and opinions expressed in the articles of Rivista are those of the authors or of the editor and do not necessarily represent the views or the policies of the Johns Hopkins University or of SAIS.

Editor
Odette Boya Resta (BC99/DC00)

Designer
Orazio Metello Orsini

Online version
Childe Costa

Student Writers
Mariam Abuhaideri
Elizabeth Hegedus-Berthold (BC11)
Deane Hinton (BC11)
Bianca Silva (BC11)

Contributors
Alessandra Adami
Gabriella Chiappini
Marco Dell'Aquila (BC85/DC86)
Martin Fraenkel (BC83/DC84)
Alberto Ghione
Mark GIlbert
Nelson Graves (BC82/DC83)
Marijn Hoijtink (BC11)
Geraldine Kelly (BC80/DC81)
Clarissa Ronchi
Meera Shankar (BC95/DC96)
Thomas Tesluk (BC81/DC82)
Francesca Torchi
John Williams (MIPP84)

Photography
Eikon Studio
Elizabeth Garvey Photography
Orazio Metello Orsini

Printer
Compositori Industrie Grafiche

On the Cover
868 unique perspectives from the Bologna Center

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Odette Boya Resta
Editor - Rivista
Bologna Center - Johns Hopkins University SAIS
Via Belmeloro 11
40126 Bologna, Italy

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Table of Contents

Director's Message

Editor's Note

Voting Against Difference

A Moving Target
The Final Push to Eradicate Polio

ALUMNI PROFILE
Lousewies Van Der Laan
(BC91, the Netherlands)
A Global LIfe in a Time of Change

STUDENT PROFILE
Leadership Matters
Maj. Joseph Da Silva (BC11)

BOLOGNA FEATURE
Eyewitness to an Italian Gem
Tradition, Innovation, Excellence and Ferrari

From Buffalo, to SAIS, to the World and Back Again

BOLOGNA CENTER FACULTY
News and Recent Books

CCSDD at the World Congress of Constitutional Law

EVENTS AND CONFERENCES
At the Bologna Center

DEVELOPMENT SECTION

Hans Hoogervorst
(BC82/DC83, the Netherlands)
Protecting Investors in Turbulent Times

Attila Oess (BC68, Germany)
Charting an Unconventional Path to Success

Demographics at SAIS Bologna Real Diversity?

Developing Ideas on Development

The SAIS Bologna Gastronomia Club

I Bolognesi a Londra
The First of Many!

Amici di Bologna June 4, 2011

There are lots of ways to help, and so many of you do

Bolognesi Around the World

In Memoriam

Rivista is published periodically by the Bologna Center of the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). The views and opinions expressed in the articles of Rivista are those of the authors or of the editor and do not necessarily represent the views or the policies of The Johns Hopkins University or of SAIS.