A panel of whistleblowers, transparency advocates, and expert journalists offer insights informed by their own encounters with national security secrecy and surveillance. Speakers: Steven Aftergood, Nancy Chang, Thomas Drake, Jameel Jaffer, Jesselyn Radack, Tim Shorrock. (Recorded: April 04, 2012)
Experts discuss "end demand" campaigns that are primarily focused on abolishing prostitution by criminalizing the consumers of commercial sex. Are such policies effective in curtailing trafficking, and what impact do they have on marginalized communities? Speakers: Andrea Ritchie, Heather Doyle, Lisa Kelly, Martina Vandenberg, Noy Thrupkaew, Pye Jakobsson. (Recorded: April 12, 2012)
This forum addresses tensions around civil society’s response to a system characterized by inhumane conditions, lack of transparency, and lack of state accountability. Speakers: Maria Hinojosa, Andrea Black, Michael Flynn, Grant Mitchell. (Recorded: March 28, 2012)
David Rohde and Ahmed Rashid discuss Rashid's book Pakistan on the Brink, which takes a comprehensive look at how President Obama’s administration has handled the relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan. Speakers: Ahmed Rashid, David Rohde, Anthony Richter. (Recorded: March 27, 2012)
Open Society Foundations hosted the New York premiere of the documentary, Raw Opium: Pain, Pleasure, Profits. Amy Goodman moderated a panel discussion of the film. Speakers: Peter Findlay, Scott Calbeck, Neill Franklin, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Russ Maynard, Amy Goodman. (Recorded: March 22, 2012)
Five prominent interlocutors discuss the continuing fallout from Putin’s return to power. Speakers: Alexander Cooley, Mark Galeotti, Gregory Shvedov, Leon Aron, Fiona Hill. (Recorded: March 26, 2012)
Filmed in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Colombia, and Liberia, the five-hour series Women, War & Peace examines women's changing roles in conflict zones. Listen to a discussion with the series co-creators. Speakers: Abigail E. Disney, Gini Reticker, Pamela Hogan, Charlotte Bunch (Recorded: December 15, 2011)
Much has been written about Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anthony Shadid in the weeks since his death at age 43 while on assignment in Syria. The Open Society Foundations were fortunate enough to have hosted a conversation with Shadid in 2006 to mark the publication of his book, Night Draws Near, which tells the human story of ordinary Iraqis weathering the unexpected impact of America's invasion and occupation. Speakers: Anthony Shadid, Anthony Richter (Recorded: November 09, 2006)
This Open Society Foundations event marks the launch of Uncanny Valley: Adventures in the Narrative, a collection of essays by journalist Lawrence Weschler. Speakers: Lawrence Weschler, Tina Rosenberg, Aryeh Neier (Recorded: November 17, 2011)
A panel of experts discuss The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade, by Open Society Fellow Andrew Feinstein. Speakers: Andrew Feinstein, Kathi Austin, Jeff Abramson, Stephen Hubbell. (Recorded: November 7, 2011)
Grupa Spomenik (Monument Group), a critically acclaimed group of artists and theoreticians, examine the representation of mass atrocities after the 1995 atrocities in Srebrenica. Speakers: Branimir Stojanovic, Damir Arsenijevic, Milica Tomic, Beka Vuco. (Recorded: November 7, 2011)
Produced and directed by Kesang Tseten, the documentary Saving Dolma reflects on the lives of female migrant domestic workers, one of the most vulnerable groups of workers, and the issues they face in the Middle East. Speakers: Luna Ranjit, Maria Teresa Rojas, Jonathan Hulland. (Recorded: November 2, 2011)
The Open Society Foundations present a conversation with Juan Méndez, whose new book sets forth an authoritative and incisive examination of torture, detention, exile, armed conflict, and genocide. Speakers: Juan Méndez, Aryeh Neier. (Recorded: October 24, 2011)
Ivory Toldson of Howard University and Raymond Winbush of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University talk about what educators, parents, and families can do to ensure that young black men succeed. Speakers: Ivory Toldson, Raymond Winbush, Shawn Dove. (Recorded: October 20, 2011)
There is now a realistic prospect that UK libel law, which has a severe impact on freedom of expression worldwide, will be reformed. This event features a panel of experts discussing the possibilities for reform. Speakers: John Kampfner, Lord Lester of Herne Hill, Victor Kovner, Aryeh Neier. (Recorded: October 20, 2011)
Open Society Foundations Soros Justice Fellow Ernest Drucker discusses his new book, A Plague of Prisons, a groundbreaking critique of mass incarceration in the United States and elsewhere. Speakers: Ernest Drucker, Ethan Nadelmann, Jill Harris, Judge Robert W. Sweet. (Recorded: October 11, 2011)
Nils Muiznieks and Andris Aukmanis provide insight into the turmoil in Latvia - the Baltic country that witnessed one of the most severe economic crises in Europe and now faces extraordinary elections after the president dissolved parliament amidst allegations of massive corruption. Speakers: Nils Muiznieks, Andris Aukmanis. (Recorded: September 13, 2011)
The forum provides an overview of the International Migrants Bill of Rights, which will serve as a backdrop for a conversation about existing legal frameworks for protecting migrants. Speakers: Ian Kysel, Susan Martin, Bianca Santos, Aryeh Neier. (Recorded: September 08, 2011)
Drawing on the Open Society Foundations’ research into the worldwide impact of new and digital media, this forum discusses the role that these evolving forms of media can play in the development and strengthening of democratic societies. Speakers: Marius Dragomir, Behrouz Afagh , Aboubkr Jamaï, Tom Glaisyer, Fernando Bermejo. (Recorded: September 29, 2011)
Michelle Gourdine, physician and author of Reclaiming Our Health: A Guide to African American Wellness, and Thomas LaVeist, director of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Disparities Solutions, will discuss inequities in the American health care system and offer solutions for change. Speakers: Michelle Gourdine, Thomas LaVeist. (Recorded: September 15, 2011)
A panel of experts discusses the immediate and long-term implications of the new Domestic Workers Convention that was adopted by the International Labor Organization this June. Speakers: Priscilla Gonzalez, Noorashikin (Noor) Abdul Rahman, Luna Ranjit, Nisha Varia, Maria Teresa Rojas. (Recorded: September 21, 2011)
Rwandan president Paul Kagame has been hailed as a liberator and highly principled leader. But his post-genocide record tells a different story. A distinguished panel attempts to separate myth from fact. Speakers: Howard French, Theogene Rudasingwa, Stephen W. Smith, Rona Peligal. (Recorded: September 19, 2011)
This Open Society Foundations event features a conversation with three Pakistani experts from academia, the legal profession, and journalism. Speakers: Ali Cheema, Ayesha Haroon, Osama Siddique, Faisal Bari. (Recorded: June 6, 2011)
The Open Society Foundations hosted a presentation and dialogue with Peter Godwin, Zimbabwean journalist and author of The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe. Speakers: Peter Godwin. (Recorded: August 2, 2011)
Open Society Fellow Chris Soghoian discusses how various telecom companies respond to government surveillance requests, and the different degrees to which user privacy is or isn't protected. Speakers: Chris Soghoian , Kay Murray. (Recorded: September 15, 2011)
Open Society Fellow Arun Kundnani explores the potential risks and dangers of community engagement models used by U.S. law enforcement agencies in Muslim communities to combat extremism. Speakers: Arun Kundnani, Patricia Jerido. (Recorded: September 12, 2011)
At this Open Society Foundations forum, human rights experts discuss the worsening climate for civil society and a deterioration of respect for human rights in Turkmenistan. Speakers: Felix Corley, Ivar Dale, Kate Watters, Robert Templer. (Recorded: May 2, 2011)
This screening and discussion address Antanas Mockus's brief campaign for the Colombian presidency in 2010 and the dynamics that his unique way of doing politics unleashed in a country just out of four decades of war. Speakers: Juanita Leon, Margarita Martínez, Bruni Burres. (Recorded: May 10, 2011)
This event, featuring former Open Society Fellow Evgeny Morozov, looks at the good, the bad, and the ugly when it comes to the interaction between new media and politics. Speakers: Evgeny Morozov, Dan Hind, Tom Chatfield, Ben Hammersley. (Recorded: May 27, 2011)
This Open Society Foundations event discusses the findings of the Kyrgyzstan Inquiry Commission Report with representatives from the Kyrgyz government, international agencies, and civil society. Speakers: Ravshanbek A. Sabirov, Mira A. Karabaeva, Erkinbek T. Mamyrov, Dmitriy Kabak, Marcie Merskey, Rachel Denber, Michael Hall. (Recorded: May 26, 2011)
