On Thursday, July 30, at 10:00 a.m. ET, the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative in the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and the Iraq Initiative in the Middle East Programs will host a “Reporters at risk” event on the challenges correspondents face in Iraq.
Journalists in Iraq operate in one of the world’s most difficult media environments, facing pressure from armed groups, state-backed actors, and state and local authorities in federal Iraq and the Kurdistan Region. Independent reporters have been subjected to intimidation, arbitrary detention, violence, and assassination.
This event will feature correspondents assessing the risks reporters face in Iraq and what can be done to protect its free press.
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Welcome remarks
Adrienne Arsht
Executive Vice Chair and Founder, Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security,
Atlantic Council
Andrew Peek
Director, Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security,
Atlantic Council
Speakers
Arwa Damon
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East Programs,
Atlantic Council;
Founder & President,
International Network for Aid, Relief, and Assistance;
Former Senior International Correspondent, Istanbul Bureau,
CNN
Mustafa Salim
Reporter, Baghdad Bureau,
The Washington Post
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The Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative, in the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, works to advance resilience as a core tenet of US and allied national security policy and practice.
The Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security works to develop sustainable, nonpartisan strategies to address the most important security challenges facing the United States and the world.
The Iraq Initiative is driving policy-oriented programs and analysis that advance Iraq’s stability and sovereignty, regional integration, and democratic and economic development. It also aims to promote a strengthened US-Iraq partnership.
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