04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
As we celebrated World Press Freedom Day, the Center for International Media Assistance and the International Forum for Democratic Studies heard from those who know the complex challenges facing press freedom best: the media professionals battling every day for the right to free and independent speech in illiberal settings around the world.
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Join us on Friday, April 28, for a discussion with leading experts in Ukrainian media, including representatives from the National Public Broadcasting Company, the Independent Association of Broadcasters, and Detector Media. Lunch will be served 12:00-12:15pm, followed by a panel discussion moderated by CIMA Senior Director Mark Nelson.
04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Alexander Cooley examines how business networks, elite bank accounts, overseas courts, third-party brokers, and Western lawyers connect Central Asia’s supposedly isolated leaders with global power centers.
