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Interviews
Tom Carothers, OSI Board member, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington DC., 8th March 2007
Allison Giffen, Policy Analyst, OSI-Washington DC. 6th March 2007
Robert Kushen, Director of International Operations , OSI New York, 26th February 2007
Mary Frances Lindstrom, Open Society Foundation, London, 7th December 2006
Bronwen Manby, Open Society Foundation, 7th December 2006
Jonas Rolett, Regional Director for Southern Central and Eastern Europe, Washington DC. 6th March 2007
George Vickers, Regional Director for Latin America, Washington DC. 6th March 2007.