Events
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Nov 14
November 14, 2007
12:00–5:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkLess Safe, Less Free—Why America Is Losing the War on Terror
OSI hosted a panel discussion to launch a book arguing that the government’s post-9/11 policies have not only sacrificed some of Americans’ basic liberties but also made them less safe from terrorist threats.
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Nov 14
November 14, 2007
3:30–10:30 a.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkPakistan—Human Rights, Military Rule, and the State of Emergency
OSI convened a panel of human rights experts and activists to discuss the recent upheaval in Pakistan.
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Nov 12
November 12, 2007
7:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Oil and the Glory—The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the Caspian Sea
The Revenue Watch Institute and the OSI Central Eurasia Project hosted a discussion with Steve LeVine, author of a book on the latest geopolitical struggles over the oil-rich Caspian Sea.
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Nov 8
November 8, 2007
1:00–8:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkCrimes of War—What the Public Should Know
The Open Society Institute sponsored a discussion on the current state of laws against war crimes and how well they fit the conditions of contemporary warfare.
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Nov 7
November 7, 2007
3:30–8:30 a.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkMuslims in Europe—Between Multiculturalism and Integration
OSI’s Middle East & North Africa Initiative presented a talk with Olivier Roy, author of Secularism Confronts Islam.
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Oct 29
October 29, 2007
1:30–7:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Art of Political Murder—Who Killed the Bishop?
OSI hosted a discussion and reception with Francisco Goldman, author of The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop?
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Oct 26
October 26, 2007
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkUpdate on the Burma Uprising
Experts and activists discussed the challenges now faced by the pro-democracy movement in Burma at this OSI event.
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Sep 24
September 24, 2007
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThinking Big and Scaling Up—BRAC’s Model for Poverty Alleviation
Asia Society and the OSI Middle East & North Africa Initiative hosted a forum on one of the world's largest nonprofit organizations, BRAC, which alleviates poverty through health, education, and microfinance programs.
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Sep 4
September 4, 2007
1:30–7:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Invisible Cure—Africa, the West, and the Fight Against AIDS
OSI hosted a presentation by journalist Helen Epstein, whose new book argues that the very institutions designed to lead the global response to HIV/AIDS may in fact be undermining community responses to the epidemic.
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Jul 31
July 31, 2007
8:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Highland People of Thailand—Statelessness as a Source of Exclusion, Rights Violations, and Vulnerability to Human Trafficking
This OSI panel looked at the plight of the highland people of Thailand, who are denied citizenship in their own country and subject to human rights abuses.
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Jul 12
July 12, 2007
5:00–9:00 a.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkA Poisonous Affair—America, Iraq, and the Gassing of Halabja
The author of a book on the gassing of an Iraqi Kurdish town spoke about how Iraq amassed chemical weapons to target Iranian soldiers and Kurdish villagers as America looked the other way, at this OSI-sponsored event.
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Jun 26
June 26, 2007
6:00–11:30 a.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkPoisoned Wells—The Dirty Politics of African Oil
Journalist Nicholas Shaxson looked at how oil causes grave instabilities and corruption around the globe at this book launch hosted by Revenue Watch Institute, an OSI grantee.
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