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Last month, the Ignite Festival marked TNI's 50th anniversary, bringing together global thinkers to address today’s most pressing issues. Now, you can catch the highlights on our YouTube channel.

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Reports

ISDS in numbers

Impacts of investment arbitration against Latin America and The Caribbean

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is now the second most sued region in the world under investment protection treaties. In 2023 alone, 28 investor-state disputes (ISDS) were filed against LAC countries, with investors winning 60% of resolved cases. This report reveals the high social and financial costs of these disputes, challenging the promises of foreign investment treaties.

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The corporate assault on Honduras

Mafia-style investments and the Honduran people’s struggle for democracy and dignity

This report explores the surge of mafia-style arbitration claims against Honduras, rooted in an unjust global economic order entrenched since the 1990s. Analyzing the post-coup context, it exposes how narco-dictatorship and neoliberalism enable illegitimate investments and odious debt, threatening the nation’s democracy and dignity, and poses urgent questions on dismantling these oppressive legal and economic frameworks.

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Cannabis Regulation, EU Drug Law, Trade Rules and the UN Drug Control Treaties

Summary Report of the Expert Seminar: 17–18 June 2024, Amsterdam

Get key insights from the Expert Seminar on Cannabis Regulation, where legal and policy experts examined evolving cannabis laws, EU challenges, and international treaty implications. Hosted by TNI, WOLA, and GDPO, this timely discussion addressed the complexities of cannabis regulation and offered innovative solutions for legal tensions.

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Bookshop

The Long Retreat: Strategies to Reverse the Decline of the Left

Available in the TNI shop €32,95 EUR

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Challenges for Change in Myanmar

Reflections on TNI’s 50th anniversary

2024 marks TNI's 50th anniversary and a time for reflecting on Myanmar’s ongoing crisis. For 25 years, TNI has brought together scholars, activists, and policymakers to address authoritarianism, militarization, land rights, and conflict resolution in Myanmar, aiming to support a peaceful transition to democracy and justice. This commentary revisits key events and TNI’s initiatives in Myanmar, focusing on urgent issues like ethnic politics, democratic reform, and the struggle to end military rule.

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A comprehensive guide to TNI’s Myanmar publications

This collection features every publication by TNI on Myanmar, offering valuable insights on the country’s socio-political landscape, ethnic conflicts, and economic issues. Explore decades of research and analysis in one definitive resource.

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Hounding Citizens

Environmental activists have been arrested across Australia, England, and Germany, with new laws possibly expanding this trend to Italy and the Netherlands. In Serbia, President Vučić’s government has joined in, ironically targeting environmentalists as 'eco-terrorists' in the name of a 'green transition.' Following protests in Belgrade on September 1st, activists defending local ecosystems from foreign mining interests face growing repression—an outcome of Serbia's embrace of neo-colonial economic policies that demands close attention.

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Palestine and the Future of Multilateralism and the UN - One year of Genocide

Palestine has endured 76 years of settler colonialism, now intensified by an ongoing genocide since October 7, 2023. With full US and European support, Israel is escalating its military campaign, targeting Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Iran. This crisis demands urgent action, but the global multilateral system has yet to respond.

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Why we need public power and energy democracy for feminist futures

A feminist energy transition benefits everyone, but achieving it is complex. Decades of cuts to public services have led to price hikes, job losses, and strained communities. For example, poor women, who often spend 40% of their income on energy, face added labor burdens, as noted by Rehana Riyawala of SEWA in India. But it doesn’t have to be this way—could public ownership and energy democracy pave the way to feminist futures?

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A global public banking ecosystem breakthrough

Following decades of private finance failures, we’re having a breakthrough. TNI, McMaster University’s Public Banking Project and Eurodad are spearheading a proposal to replace private finance with a global ecosystem of public bank collaborations. This radical policy proposal is now being picked up by the T20, a G20 engagement group of think tanks and research centres aiming to impact G20 Finance processes this November in Brazil. And it’s serving as an evidence input towards the United Nations’ 2025 International Financing for Development Conference in Spain.

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Resisting the New Green Colonialism

FA proposed green hydrogen project in Tunisia prioritizes European energy needs over local sovereignty.

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Open letter: Frontex's 20th anniversary should also be its last

October 26, 2024, will mark the 20th anniversary of Frontex, the EU’s border agency. It should also mark the last. In this letter, 85 civil society groups and organisations call for the abolition of Frontex.

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Vacancy: The Transnational Institute (TNI) seeks an OPERATIONS COORDINATOR

Join our team as an Operations Coordinator. We're seeking an organised and hands-on professional to ensure our organisation runs smoothly. If you thrive on efficiency and enjoy collaboration, we want to hear from you.

Please send a short motivation letter and CV to Fiona Dove, Executive Director, to jobs[at]tni.org before 4 November with “Operations Coordinator” in the subject line.

Other events

13 November: TNI 50th anniversary celebration: Brussels edition

Join us in Brussels as we celebrate TNI’s 50th anniversary with those who have been our allies over the past 50 years, as we continue to advocate for people and the planet in the years to come!

What we're reading

The Critical Raw Materials Act (Olaf Tolk)

Common security in the Indo-Pacific Region (Anuradha Chenoy and Walden Bello a.o)

Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market (Adam Hanieh)

Homeland Security: Myths and Monsters (Arun Kundnani and Mizue Aizeki)

Boris Kagarlitsky and the challenges of the left today (Conference recording)

Teach-in on Daniel Jadue (Event recording)

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