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OSI Forum: Changing U.S. Policy in the Middle East
OSI-New York
April 15, 2009
 AUDIO
The Open Society Institute hosted a forum on changing U.S. policy in the Middle East with Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University and author of Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East.  more

OSI Forum: The Unwritten Rules of Policing in South Africa and the United States
OSI-New York
April 13, 2009
 AUDIO
Open Society Fellow Jonny Steinberg and Herb Sturz spoke about the controversial police practice of "stop-and-search" and broader lessons for criminal justice reforms in emerging democracies.  more

OSI Grantee Honored for New Media Excellence
April 8, 2009
VerdadAbierta.com, which examines the paramilitary side of Colombia’s long civil war, was awarded the New Media prize from the prestigious Círculo de Periodistas de Bogotá (Circle of Journalists from Bogotá). more

OSI Forum: Iraq—In Search of Truth and Trust
April 7, 2009
 AUDIO
Los Angeles Times Baghdad bureau chief Tina Susman discussed the texture of ordinary life in Iraq as well as the overall state of the surge.  more

OSI Forum: Nigeria's Progress on Transparency
OSI-New York
April 6, 2009
 AUDIO
The Revenue Watch Institute, an Open Society Institute grantee, held a discussion with two leaders in Nigeria's effort to reform management of natural resource revenues.  more

United States Announces Candidacy for UN Human Rights Council
March 31, 2009
The Open Society Institute welcomes the candidacy of the United States for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council. more

Op-Ed: International Criminal Court Puts President in the Dock
Aryeh Neier
March 24, 2009
Sudan's President Bashir may be able to avoid arrest, but the charges against him have a powerful stigmatizing effect, writes Aryeh Neier, president of the Open Society Institute. more

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

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Rafah Crossing: Who Holds the Keys?
March 2009
Israel, Egypt, the Palestinian Authority, and Hamas are all preventing passage between Gaza and Egypt for political reasons, according to a report issued by Gisha, an Open Society Institute grantee. more

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Closed Zone
 VIDEO  
Open Society Institute grantee Gisha has created a powerful animated film about how the Gaza Strip’s 1.5 million residents experience living in a “closed zone.”  more

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OSI Forum: The Political Impact of New Media in the Middle East—A Conversation with "Abu Aardvark"
OSI-New York
April 21, 2009
Influential blogger Marc Lynch discusses how new media technologies have reshaped political communications throughout the Middle East.  more

OSI Forum: Labor Migration in the Post-Soviet Space After the Economic Crisis
OSI-New York
April 22, 2009
This panel discussion looks at the severe impact of the global economic crisis on the lives of labor migrants in Russia and Tajikistan.  more

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