A CIMA report by Deborah Horan, Shifting Sands: The Impact of Satellite TV on Media in the Arab World, explores the media landscape in the MENA region more than a decade after the rise of transnational Arab satellite news channels. Panelists discussed: Why does the region still lack media freedom? What are the positive effects of satellite television coverage on the media environment in the region? What is the impact of satellite television on the quality of journalism in print, radio, and the Internet?

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As Thailand, a once stable and reliable American ally in Southeast Asia, becomes increasingly unstable and social polarization deepens, our speakers examined the origins of this crisis and offer analysis on trends and developments unfolding on the streets of Bangkok.

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The 10 Conditions of Love tells the story of the Uyghurs' struggle for basic human rights in China through the remarkable life of Rebiya Kadeer, a Uyghur woman working for the rights of her people at great personal cost. The documentary explores Ms. Kadeer's experience as an entrepreneur in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region/East Turkestan and a member of the National People's Political Consultative Committee, her subsequent imprisonment as a political dissident, and her forced exile in the United States since 2005.

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A CIMA report by Bill Orme, On the Air, Keeping the Peace: UN Radio’s Unexamined Past and Uncertain Future, reviewed some of the policies and practices that have guided peacekeeping radio in the past and made recommendations on how to face challenges in the future.

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On April 23, the International Forum for Democratic Studies of the National Endowment for Democracy brought together academic experts on Kyrgyzstan and on comparative constitutional design along with a number of individuals from the NGO community, including NED, who specialize in providing democratic assistance to Kyrgyzstan and other countries in Central Asia.

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A panel discussion celebrated the publication of Democratization in Africa: Progress and Retreat,
a Journal of Democracy book.

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This day long democracy promotion workshop included panels which discussed "Development and Democracy: Convergence or Oblique Agendas?," "Poverty, Inequality, and Democracy," and
"The Role of External Actors."

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Panelists discussed the state of press freedom in the Americas after the release of the study, The State of Freedom of Expression in the Americas, by the Center for Studies on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information which found that violence constitutes the majority of threats to the media in Latin America.

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Panelists discussed the questions: Is the drug war threatening democracy in Mexico? What is the current situation in Colombia, and does it relate to Mexico today? Are there lessons to be learned from the experience of Colombian journalists?

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