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The Open Society Fellowship supports individuals seeking innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges.

Solve Kashmir First
OSI-New York
June 30, 2010
video VIDEO   slideshow AUDIO
Basharat Peer, Pankaj Mishra, and other distinguished panelists discuss the origins of the Kashmir crisis and its hidden role in other regional conflicts.

Who Sold These Weapons? The Accomplice Liability of Arms Vendors for International Crimes
OSI-New York
May 24, 2010
slideshow AUDIO
James Stewart, an Open Society Fellow and former war crimes prosecutor, explores the implications of attempts to prosecute businessmen who supply weapons to notoriously brutal regimes.

The Cost of Conscience—The Hidden Challenges of Dissent in the Workplace
Center for American Progress, Washington D.C.
May 11, 2010
video VIDEO  
Three distinguished Open Society Fellows discuss their experiences working inside large organizations with which they often had profound disagreements of conscience.

Sex Trafficking Myths Reconsidered
OSI-New York
April 13, 2010
slideshow AUDIO
Open Society Fellow Noy Thrupkaew offers an assessment of the successes and failures of U.S. trafficking policy since the creation of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 10 years ago.

Andrew Feinstein
Former South African parliamentarian Andrew Feinstein will write and distribute a practical primer on the global arms trade for use by civil society groups, watchdogs, elected representatives and journalists.

Arun Kundnani
Arun Kundnani is a British writer and human rights activist who will examine the shortcomings of the "hearts-and-minds" approach to militancy among Muslims in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Kung Li
Litigator and human-rights activist Kung Li will travel across the American Southland—from Florida to southern California—to record stories of resiliency from embattled communities.

Noy Thrupkaew
As an Open Society Fellow, Noy Thrupkaew will produce a series of articles and multimedia pieces that critically examine the practice of "raid-and-rescue," which treats sex work and trafficking as matters primarily for the criminal-justice system.

Jian Yi
Jian Yi is a filmmaker from China whose work actively engages ordinary citizens in documenting their own lives.

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