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. (Recorded: April 6, 2009)
Open Society Fellow Zack Exley led a conversation about how Obama campaign efforts involving the Internet represented a radical departure from traditional electoral politics. (Recorded: March 23, 2009)
The Open Society Institute hosted a discussion of a new book chronicling Herb Sturz’s extraordinary work addressing issues such as criminal justice, housing, and urban planning in New York City. (Recorded: March 19, 2009)
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. (Recorded: March 19, 2009)
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. (Recorded: March 5, 2009)
Paul Steiger of ProPublica discussed new business models for reporting, their strengths and weaknesses, and what it takes to produce high-quality journalism. (Recorded: March 5, 2009)
OSI partner Revenue Watch Institute held a panel discussion on the pivotal role that the contract process can play in economic recovery and development. (Recorded: February 26, 2009)
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. (Recorded: February 17, 2009)
At this Open Society Institute event, fellow Alex Cooley examined how Western governments have compromised their pursuit of democracy in Central Asia in order to maintain military basing options in the region and secure access to oil and gas reserves. (Recorded: February 13, 2009)
Open Society Fellows Rebecca MacKinnon and Evgeny Morozov explored the changing landscape of Internet censorship and the role that governments, corporations, and individuals play in enabling it. (Recorded: February 10, 2009)
OSI grantee the Revenue Watch Institute cohosted a discussion on the links between poor performance in many resource-dependent countries and the lack of budget transparency and accountability. (Recorded: February 10, 2009)
This Open Society Institute panel discussed the 1989 murders, their political consequences, and the global struggle to ensure that the perpetrators of great crimes are held accountable. (Recorded: January 28, 2009)
This OSI event examined cyberwarfare from technological, legal, and political perspectives, focusing on the cyberattacks on Estonia in 2007 and the cyber-dimensions of the conflicts in South Ossetia and Gaza. (Recorded: January 21, 2009)
The Open Society Fellowship program presented a discussion with fellow Evgeny Morozov on citizen journalism in recent crises in South Ossetia, Mumbai, and Kenya. (Recorded: December 10, 2008)
Panelists at this OSI event discussed policy questions arising from the incoming administration's plans to close the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. (Recorded: December 9, 2008)
This OSI webcast looks at how nonpartisan groups can use innovative organizing and technology strategies to advance their agenda, and analyzes the role that emerging constituencies played in the recent elections. (Recorded: November 21, 2008)
John Kelly, founder of Morningside Analytics, discussed the emerging networked public sphere and presented his maps of online social networks in Iran, Egypt, Russia, and China, at this Open Society Fellowship panel. (Recorded: November 21, 2008)
The Open Society Institute presented a discussion on human rights and civil society in Uzbekistan with journalist and activist Umida Niazova. (Recorded: November 3, 2008)
This OSI-hosted conversation with co-author Judy Polumbaum looked at changes in contemporary China through the compelling personal accounts of young Chinese reporters and editors. (Recorded: October 23, 2008)
This OSI webcast provides a snapshot of the roots of the downturn, the nuances of quick-fix policy solutions, and whether the institutions whose policies created the economic mess are now designing its solution. (Recorded: October 20, 2008)
OSI presented a conversation with Alex Boraine, author of A Life in Transition, an insider's account of important institutions and events in South African history. (Recorded: September 30, 2008)
PEN, the OSI Burma Project, and The New York Review of Books honored Burmese writers whose work has been suppressed by the military regime and to support the victims of the recent cyclone. (Recorded: September 23, 2008)
OSI and the Revenue Watch Institute hosted a discussion of oil in the Niger Delta and the use of photography in advocating for social change. (Recorded: September 23, 2008)
The OSI Campaign for Black Male Achievement hosted a discussion to shine a light on the organizations and leaders focusing on solutions to the crisis in America facing black men and boys. (Recorded: July 24, 2008)
OSI and Amnesty International held a film screening and panel discussion of "Women of Liberia: Fighting for Peace", a documentary by Academy Award-winner Jonathan Stack. (Recorded: July 22, 2008)
The Open Society Institute hosted a discussion of a new book that tells the hidden stories of Guantanamo detainees and probes the injustices committed in the name of the "war on terror." (Recorded: July 17, 2008)
The Open Society Institute along with the Asia Society convened a panel discussion to assess the situation in Burma after Cyclone Nargis. (Recorded: June 9, 2008)
OSI's Russia Project and International Women's Program hosted a talk on women's rights and social change in Chechnya with Gistam Sakaeva, program officer at the Grozny-based women's NGO Reliance and a 2008 Voices of Courage honoree of the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children. (Recorded: May 15, 2008)
At the OSI-Baltimore Tenth Anniversary Celebration, Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, New Jersey, gave the keynote address to a crowd of more than 400 leaders in the Baltimore metropolitan area. (Recorded: May 13, 2008)
The Office of the Africa Regional Director of the Open Society Institute hosted a reception and panel discussion on the post-election climate in Zimbabwe. (Recorded: April 15, 2008)
