Watchdog groups say Beijing’s crackdown on press freedom continues, but its days of controlling ideas in an increasingly freewheeling society may be numbered.

Robert McHenry critiques decentralized online information providers such as Wikipedia compared to more traditional encyclopedias.

Kidnappings and deaths among the corps of international journalists covering the Iraq war occur with grim regularity. Yet the conditions facing native Iraqi journalists—both those working for Iraqi media and as "stringers" for outside organizations—are even more harrowing.

A special report by the Economist examines the ebbing of mass media in favor of personal and participatory media.

On October 15-16, FPRI’s Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education hosted 45 teachers from 14 states across the country for a weekend of lectures and discussion on Teaching 9/11 and the War on Terrorism.

A congressional panel is highlighting what one member called "abhorrent actions" in China on the part of U.S. software makers, whose Internet search engines in that market are used by Beijing to censor speech and track dissent. Should software companies be expected to enforce democratic notions of free expression or to forego the world's fastest-growing market?

National Magazine Award-nominated article on John Rendon, "Bush's general in the propaganda war."

Foreign governments want control of the Internet transferred from an American NGO to an international institution. Washington has responded with a Monroe Doctrine for our times, setting the stage for further controversy.

The Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development obligated at least $40 million in fiscal year 2004 for the development of independent media , including activities such as journalism and business management training and support for legal and regulatory frameworks. About 60 percent of the fiscal year 2004 USAID and State obligations identified supported independent media development projects in Europe and Eurasia .  This report discusses challenges in designing performance indicators and accurately measuring and reporting results directly tied to the performance of U.S. independent media efforts, as well as challenges to  implementation of media development efforts, including a changing political condition, sustainability of local media outlets, and coordination between donors and providers.

Anne Bayefsky's op-ed in the Jerusalem Post about the Human Rights Watch's coverup and anti-Israel bias.

Michael Moran says as the horizon in Iraq recedes, the U.S. military's language adapts.

America’s ongoing struggle against the perpetrators of the September 11, 2001, attacks has many critical elements. The military campaign in Afghanistan is one; however, another campaign of potentially decisive significance is winning the battle for public support among Muslims around the world. Indeed, if the United States is unable to win the battle for hearts and minds, it may prove impossible to carry its military operations through to completion. America must create an understanding in the Muslim world of its cause and its actions that will give their leaders more flexibility to support the U.S. response to the 9/11 attacks.

Attacking the messenger and our message at the same time.