OSI Forum: China-Russia Relations—Enduring Alliance or Limited Partnership?
OSI-New York
March 19, 2009
 AUDIO
This panel discussion examined the Chinese-Russian “strategic partnership” and concerns that it could eventually become an alternative center of gravity to the liberal democracies of the West.  more

Global War on Drugs Takes Devastating Toll on Human Lives, Advocates Say
Press Release
March 5, 2009
In advance of a UN meeting meant to set the direction of drug policy for the next decade, the Open Society Institute released a report documenting the health and human rights costs of current, repressive approaches to drug control. more

OSI Forum: Madame Prosecutor—Confrontations with Humanity's Worst Criminals and the Culture of Impunity
OSI-New York
March 5, 2009
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The Open Society Institute hosted a conversation with Chuck Sudetic, co-author of Carla Del Ponte's courageous memoir of her years spent striving to serve justice.  more

OSI Forum: Getting a Better Deal from the Extractive Sector—Concession Negotiation in Liberia
OSI-New York
February 26, 2009
 AUDIO
OSI partner Revenue Watch Institute held a panel discussion on the pivotal role that the contract process can play in economic recovery and development.  more

Op-Ed: Firewalls to Freedom
Rebecca MacKinnon & Evgeny Morozov
February 25, 2009
As authoritarian regimes learn how to manage and engineer information flows, we must understand that promoting and protecting free speech in places like China and Russia is not a simple matter of “tearing down the wall,” write Open Society Fellows Rebecca MacKinnon & Evgeny Morozov.  more

Op-Ed: The Next Drug Czar and the War on Outdated Rhetoric
Victor Capoccia
February 19, 2009
The U.S. "drug czar" should create an appropriate balance between policies that control access to harmful substances—just as we do with tobacco—and policies that provide support for treatment, writes Victor Capoccia of the Open Society Institute. more

Former FBI Director, General, Diplomat, Clergy Call for Presidential Commission on Detention, Treatment and Transfer of Detainees
Press Release
February 19, 2009
The Open Society Institute, along with 17 other human rights organizations, endorsed a statement urging President Obama to create a nonpartisan commission to investigate the detention, treatment, and transfer of detainees during the Bush administration.  more

OSI Forum: Shadow of the Holy Book
OSI-New York
February 17, 2009
 AUDIO
The Open Society Institute held a screening and discussion of this documentary on the secretive and repressive dictatorship of Saparmurat Niyazov in Turkmenistan, and the Western companies who did business with him.  more