OSI Director Morton Halperin Testifies on FISA Rules Before Senate Committee
October 31, 2007
OSI Director of U.S. Advocacy Morton H. Halperin appeared before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary to discuss the latest effort to modify FISA. more

Zimbabwe: An Update from the Ground
Washington, DC
September 18, 2007
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Open Society Institute cosponsored a panel analyzing the economic and political crisis in Zimbabwe.  more

A New Direction for America On Day One: Morton Halperin
 VIDEO  
In this interview for On Day One, OSI Director of U.S. Advocacy Morton Halperin discusses how the next President of the United States should make it clear that America is moving in a new direction in which we follow the rules of war, denounce secret prisons, denounce torture, and collaborate with others.  more

UN Human Rights Council Makes Progress Toward Promoting Member Accountability, Says Open Society Institute
Press Release
May 21, 2008
The Open Society Institute today welcomed the United Nations General Assembly’s election of new members to the UN Human Rights Council as a step toward ensuring that the Council can become a more progressive and effective instrument in the defense of human rights. more

Doomed to Fail?
Morton H. Halperin and Ted Piccone
June 5, 2008
Senator John McCain's proposal to create a common organization that would unite the world's democracies around a common mission is rooted in the past and doomed to failure, writes OSI Advocacy Director Morton Halperin in this International Herald Tribune editorial. more