Institute for War and Peace Reporting
 Institute for War and Peace Reporting     | |
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| Abbreviation | IWPR |
| Formation | October 1950 |
| Headquarters | London |
| Sponsored by | National Endowment for Democracy, Norway/Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Open Society Foundations, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Sigrid Rausing Trust |
| Subpage | •Institute for War and Peace Reporting/Board |
Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) claims to be an "independent not-for profit organisation that works with media and civil society to promote positive change in conflict zones, closed societies and countries in transition around the world." In reality, it is a tool for the US government, financed through cutouts like NED and the Soros Foundations (see 'list of partners' below), to influence international perceptions, propagandize the local population in targeted countries and create networks of regime change activists. It runs programs in more than 30 countries, in places as diverse as Syria, Cuba, Nicaragua, Afghanistan, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Iraq, the Balkans, Sudan, and Uganda.
It has coordinating offices in the Washington and the Amsterdam, and a global headquarters in London. IWPR supports local reporters, citizen journalists and civil society activists in countries in conflict, crisis and transition around the world, ie places where Washington has a foreign policy objective.
Contents
Notable participants
- Zaina Erhaim – Syria project coordinator for IWPR in Turkey. Working with print, TV and film, she has reported on the Syrian civil war from within Syria, and has trained hundreds of people whilst in Syria to be citizen reporters, notably a large proportion of them women.
- Malala Yousafzai participated in the "Open Minds" project, which brought journalism training and discussions of current affairs to 42 schools in Pakistan. The program also edited their work and put them in touch with local newspapers.
Untimely deaths of members
On October 18, 2015, the IWPR acting Iraq director, Jacqueline Anne Sutton (a.k.a. Jacky Sutton), age 50, was found hanged in a bathroom stall of Istanbul's Atatürk International Airport. She had been on her way to Irbil.[1]
Leadership
IWPR is an international network of three partner not-for-profit organisations governed by a board of trustees composed of senior journalists, peace-building and human rights experts, regional specialists, and business and NGO professionals. All Members serve on the IWPR International Board, to provide strategic, guidance, issues and regional expertise, development and outreach assistance, and direct support.
International Board Members[2]
- Full article: Institute for War and Peace Reporting/Board
- Full article: Institute for War and Peace Reporting/Board
Sir David Bell
International Chairman of the Board; Former Chair of Pearson Plc and The Financial Times Ralph H. Isham
United States Board Chair; Founder and Managing Director, GH Venture Partners Adrienne van Heteren
Netherlands Board Chair; Co-founder & Director, Small Media Foundation Anthony Borden
IWPR Executive Director
Chris Canavan
Director of Global Policy Development, Soros Fund Management
Richard Caplan
Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford
Lorne Craner
Founder, Redstone Global; Former Asst. Sec. of State for Democracy, Human Rights & Labor Janine di Giovanni
Senior Fellow at Yale University, the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs
Simon Hersom
Consultant, Value Retail Plc Michael Immordino
Partner at White & Case
Ralph H. Isham
United States Board Chair; Founder and Managing Director, GH Venture Partners Stephen Jukes
Dean of the Media School, Bournemouth University
Christina Lamb
Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Sunday Times Scott Malcomson
International Security Fellow at New America, Media Fellow at Carnegie Corporation
George Packer
Author & Staff Writer, The New Yorker� Zoran Pajić
Visiting Professor, Department of War Studies, King’s College London
Gillian Tett
US Managing Editor of the Financial Times Christian Toksvig
Media Outreach & Communications Consultant�
Ramsey Walker
Senior Vice President, Jordan Park
Executive Management Team
Anthony Borden IWPR Executive Director
Alan Davis Asia & Eurasia Director
Bill O'Callaghan US Director of Finance
Tanya Hassan Development Director
Michele Zeller Global HR Director
Seth Meixner MENA Programme Regional Director
IWPR Strategic Partners[3]
Albany Associates
Adroit
American Bar Association
BBC Media Action
International Media Support
City University, London
Deutche Welle Akademie
East West Management Institute
Frontline Club
Hivos, The Netherlands
Hostile Environment Training Ltd
Human Rights Watch
International Republican Institute
International Crisis Group
Kurt Schork Foundation
National Democratic Institute
National Endowment for Democracy
Marie Colvin Foundation
Partners for Democratic Change
Thomson Foundation
University of Arizona
Employee on Wikispooks
| Employee | Job | Appointed | End |
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| Adrienne van Heteren | Secretary | 16 June 2005 | 24 May 2006 |
Sponsors
| Event | Description |
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| National Endowment for Democracy | The "traditional intermediary of the CIA", promoting the US "national interest" by "soft power". |
| Norway/Ministry of Foreign Affairs | A significant donor to NGOs and planning organizations. Many of the recipients dovetail with NATO objectives like regime changes and controlling the narrative. |
| Open Society Foundations | A NGO operating in more countries than McDonald's. It has the tendency to support politicians (at times through astroturfing) and activists that get branded as "extreme left" as its founder is billionaire and bane of the pound George Soros. This polarizing perspective causes the abnormal influence of the OSF to go somewhat unanswered. |
| Rockefeller Brothers Fund | Rockefeller family "philanthropic" fund. One of the CIA's favorite cut-outs during the Cold War. |
| Sigrid Rausing Trust |
