Please join us for a conference on the rise of authoritarianism in the Western Balkans.
PROGRAM (tentative):
9:30 a.m. Introductions Tanya Domi
Opening Talk by Alexander Cooley, Director of the Harriman Institute
10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Panel One: The State of Play: The Rising Influence of International Autocrats
· Professor Manu Bhagavan, Historian and Human Rights scholar, Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY (The Rise of International Authoritarianism)
· Dr. Jasmin Mujanovic, independent scholar & expert (Dismantling the one-time Euro-Atlantic consensus in the region)
· Professor Besnik Pula, Virginia Tech (A New Generation of Budding Autocrats)
Moderator: Dr. Lincoln Mitchell
Coffee Break: 11:30 – 11:45
11:45 – 1:15 p.m. Panel Two: The Soft Power Influence of Autocratic IR Actors with Local Leaders
· Professor Eric Gordy, University College London (Cultural Influences)
· Marko Kmezic, Lecturer, Centre for Southeast European Studies, University of Graz (The Role of Russian Media in South East Europe)
· Professor Tanya Domi, Harriman Institute, Columbia (The influence of autocratic IR actors on human rights and the civil society sphere)
· Fabio Mattioli, New York University Center for European and Mediterranean Studies
Moderator: Marija Sajkas, Independent Media scholar