Misgovernance Is Italy Security and Alumni Weekend and Corruption Governable? Governance April 25-27, 2014 3 6 9 28 THE MAGAZINE OF SAIS EUROPE Issue 2013 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY - PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES - BOLOGNA, ITALY GOVERNANCE Evolving Global Challenges MESSAGE from the Director THE MAgAzINE OF SAIS E UROPE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIvERSITy PAUL H. N ITzE SCHOOL OF ADvANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES BOLOgNA , I TALy Editor s hard as it is to believe, I am beginning my eighth Odette Boya Resta year as director of the Bologna Center—now SAIS Assistant Editor A Europe at Bologna—and it will be my last. Such rites Tatiana Marot Pollard of passage call for summing up—perhaps something less Designer than an assessment, but more than an annual progress Orazio Metello Orsini report. And the time is right for that because there are Student writers significant changes underway, a natural and satisfying Rebecca Ben-Amou evolution in our identity within SAIS. Let me mention just a few. Nic Corbett When the administration of European Studies moved to Contributors Bologna last year, we entered a new era in the life of SAIS i t Amina Abdiuahab t e B as a whole. This year, through the efforts of Professors Erik Bulat Akhmetkarimov a n i b Alessandra Adami Jones and Bruce Parrott, European Studies and Russian a S y b Valeria Calderoni o and Eurasian Studies have merged into a new European t o Gabriella Chiappini h Kenneth H. Keller P Brittney Johnson and Eurasian Studies concentration, the first significant Linda Marion realignment in the structure of SAIS’s array of Julia Christine Schiling Clarissa Ronchi concentrations in many a year. Thomas Tesluk Two years ago we also established the Bologna Institute for Policy Research and, Francesca Torchi aided by generous alumni support as well as a grant from Johns Hopkins President Photography Ron Daniels, it supports a range of activities which continue to grow, including a Sabina Betti program of scholars in residence, the presence of up to four dissertation-stage Ph.D. Eikon Studio students each year, and the successful use of social media to increase awareness of SAIS, its European presence, and its contributions to the public dialogue. Rivista is published periodically by The Johns Hopkins University, Paul H. Nitze School A search is underway to fill the Khaduri Chair in Middle East Studies, and it’s of Advanced International Studies, SAIS Europe. been agreed that the chair-holder will be resident in Bologna, taking advantage of our Rivista is distributed to alumni, friends, and supporters. proximity to the Middle East. The views and opinions expressed in the articles Just last month the Academic Board affirmed that senior faculty at Bologna should of Rivista are those of the authors or of the editor have the same opportunity to hold academic tenure as their Washington colleagues, and do not necessarily represent the views or the policies of The Johns Hopkins University or of SAIS. an explicit recognition of the quality, permanence, and vital contribution of the Bologna Center and its faculty to SAIS’s mission. Rivista reserves the right to edit any material submitted. Our new formal name, SAIS Europe, reflects this maturation in our role as the face of SAIS in Europe; as an entity that makes real the concept of SAIS as a global ©2013 by The Johns Hopkins University, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, institution and a single, integrated school. This global presence and the opportunities it SAIS Europe. All rights reserved. offers makes SAIS unique among schools of international affairs. Half of SAIS students begin their education in Bologna and are exposed over two years to the On the cover contrasting perspectives on international issues that campuses in two different political Pavimento del portico and geographic settings can provide; half of the SAIS students studying in Bologna di via Carbonesi, Bologna, particolare da restaurare , come from countries other than the U.S., creating an unusually rich interchange 2013. of ideas in each classroom as well as in every other student space. Photo by Sabina Betti Two different locations, two different learning environments; complementary experiences which create synergies that no other school offers. Helping to promote that mission and these goals have made these years for me some of the most rewarding in my professional life. Follow Rivista For fifty-eight years, we have called this place the Bologna Center and so it will @SAISRivista always be for the more than 7,000 students who have studied here. Now the Center has earned recognition as SAIS Europe, a natural evolution because, of course, that facebook.com/SAISRivista is what it has always been. We can take pride in both labels. THE MAGAZINE OF SAIS EUROP E Issue 2013 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY - PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES - BOLOGNA, ITALY Table of Contents GOVERNANCE 26 A Gelato Museum in Bologna 3 Misgovernance by Nic Corbett Corruption in Developing Countries by Arntraud Hartmann ALUMNI 28 Cari Alumni, Care Alumnae, Kenneth H. Keller 6 Is Italy Governable? Interview with John L. Harper 28 Elif Nazmiye Yavuz by Valeria Calderoni 29 Alumni Weekend 2013 9 The Ebb of Security Celebrating SAIS Europe and Governance by Francesca Torchi Mali and the Sahel. A Conversation with Winrich Kühne 31 Amici Converge on the UN by Odette Boya Resta by Thomas Tesluk 12 A Smoke of Hope An Essay on Religion 32 Berlin by Bulat Akhmetkarimov Annual Reunion of the SAIS Alumni German Chapter by Julia Christine Schiling BOLOGNA FEATURE 14 Living in a Culture Not One’s Own 34 I Bolognesi a Londra 2013 by Linda Marion DEVELOPMENT FACULTY News & Publications 36 Thanks from SAIS Europe! 18 What’s New in Bologna by Gabriella Chiappini 20 Recent Books and Other Publications 38 How to Make a Gift to SAIS Europe STUDENT VIEW 22 Cultural Chameleons 39 Fellowship Ceremonies in a Changing Global Landscape SAIS Students learn thanks to donor generosity by Nic Corbett 42 Class Initiatives 24 A Strategic Location by Rebecca Ben-Amou 44 Memorial Initiatives Editor’s NOTE The Road We’ve Taken his year marks the 30th anniversary of Rivista and to celebrate we’ve gone digital-only! I believe it’s important that we continue to connect with you, our readers, wherever T you may find yourselves in the world. As always we welcome feedback. Alumni and friends may have noticed a few other changes going on in Bologna. Most notably the ‘SAIS Bologna Center’ has been renamed ‘SAIS Europe.’ This change is recognition of the road we’ve taken—a reinforcement of developments that have occurred over time underscoring the significance of the presence of Johns Hopkins SAIS in Europe. Founded in 1955 as an experiment—the very first U.S. graduate school established in Europe—the Center has since developed into a program unique for its longevity, its multicultural community, and its adaptability. In the immediate post-war period, the world— and Europe in particular—was divided into two camps that would define global relations for the next forty-five years. What better place to study the unfolding story of U.S. and Soviet influence in Europe than in Bologna, the unofficial ‘capital’ of leftist thought in a country aligned with the Western Bloc? Today, a quarter of a century since the fall of the Berlin Wall, SAIS Europe continues to evolve to prepare students for the world they will face and is a leading European center of excellence in teaching and policy debate. What hasn’t changed? Dedication to the academic and professional growth of students remains at the heart of SAIS Europe. Keeping up with the needs of students in today’s fast paced global environment requires leadership that isn’t afraid to innovate. Ken Keller has defined his own chapter in this regard. Innovation is any change that brings improvement to something established and therefore creates value. Over the past eight years Keller has guided SAIS Europe through triumphs and challenges, successfully redirecting its mission in inspired ways. An engineer, a science and technology policy expert, with strong academic and cultural gravitas, many signal achievements—the establishment of a research institute, the repositioning of European and Eurasian Studies, now headquartered in Bologna, and other firsts—are due to his ability to think big, take risks, and steer the growth of the school. The end of his tenure as director next year will surely bring more change, and he will be greatly missed. We cannot tread back in time, but only move ahead on the path we’ve chosen. Bologna has taken the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. OBR STUDENT WRITERS Governance is the rule of the rulers, Rebecca Ben-Amou B’13 “typically within a given set of rules.” is a second-year student at SAIS After wading through a dozen or so definitions, concentrating in Strategic Studies this one by The World Bank seems sufficiently and studying Arabic. She has interned for the U.S. Army War universal to describe the theme of this issue. College and LIGNET.com and Often overused as a one-size-fits-all mantra, continues to pursue a career in the term ‘governance’ is still evolving and civil service. exploring semantic solutions, just like our world’s Nic Corbett B’13 is a second-year governance challenges require real ones. As SAIS student concentrating in the editor, I hope the theme—explored from different Latin American Studies Program. A former newspaper journalist, she points of view in two interviews and in two articles spent her summer interning with submitted by members of the SAIS academic Innovations for Poverty Action community—resonates with Rivista readers.