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The Transnational Institute (TNI) is an international research and advocacy institute committed to building a just, democratic and sustainable planet.
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A salute to Peter Weiss ips-dc.org/remembering-... seen here with Vanessa Redgrave and Cora Weiss. A vital figure for IPS in Washington @ips-dc.org and and TNI in Amsterdam @tninstitute.bsky.social
Remembering Peter Weiss - Institute for Policy Studies
Remembering Peter Weiss
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November 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
A salute to Peter Weiss ips-dc.org/remembering-... seen here with Vanessa Redgrave and Cora Weiss. A vital figure for IPS in Washington @ips-dc.org and and TNI in Amsterdam @tninstitute.bsky.social
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The new undersea cable linking Tunisia and Italy is presented as a win-win project. But as the report shows, it is just the latest version of colonialism: Europe meeting its decarbonisation goals at the expense of Tunisia's sovereignty.
The new undersea cable linking Tunisia and Italy is presented as a win-win project. But as the report shows, it is just the latest version of colonialism: Europe meeting its decarbonisation goals at the expense of Tunisia's sovereignty.
Tunisia’s public utility, STEG, risks being sidelined. Domestic renewable energy production stalls, public ownership weakens, and the country becomes dependent on imports. This is not energy sovereignty, it’s dependency dressed as progress. New TNI report: www.tni.org/en/publicati...
November 7, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I'm proud that I played a small role editing this report.
The new undersea cable linking Tunisia and Italy is presented as a win-win project. But as the report shows, it is just the latest version of colonialism: Europe meeting its decarbonisation goals at the expense of Tunisia's sovereignty.
The new undersea cable linking Tunisia and Italy is presented as a win-win project. But as the report shows, it is just the latest version of colonialism: Europe meeting its decarbonisation goals at the expense of Tunisia's sovereignty.
As monsoon floods hit Lahore, Pakistan’s military launches the Green Pakistan Initiative. Framed as modernisation, it transfers land to Gulf investors through a military-run company. Farmers in Punjab and Sindh face eviction from land they have worked for generations. www.tni.org/en/article/t...
November 7, 2025 at 8:25 AM
As monsoon floods hit Lahore, Pakistan’s military launches the Green Pakistan Initiative. Framed as modernisation, it transfers land to Gulf investors through a military-run company. Farmers in Punjab and Sindh face eviction from land they have worked for generations. www.tni.org/en/article/t...
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🚨 The European Parliament is about to start debating a law that would harm millions across Europe. With 250+ groups we call on EU lawmakers to reject it.
November 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
🚨 The European Parliament is about to start debating a law that would harm millions across Europe. With 250+ groups we call on EU lawmakers to reject it.
How is Brazil’s recent deadly police raid related to Israel’s genocide in Gaza? Solidarity movements from Brazil’s favelas have long linked Israel’s militarism to Brazil’s own state violence. www.tni.org/en/article/f...
From the Favelas and Rural Brazil to Gaza | Transnational Institute
Brazil’s solidarity movements have long supported Palestine, but economic and military ties with Israel continue to deepen. As Brazil prepares to host COP30, grassroots campaigns are exposing links be...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
How is Brazil’s recent deadly police raid related to Israel’s genocide in Gaza? Solidarity movements from Brazil’s favelas have long linked Israel’s militarism to Brazil’s own state violence. www.tni.org/en/article/f...
Tunisia’s public utility, STEG, risks being sidelined. Domestic renewable energy production stalls, public ownership weakens, and the country becomes dependent on imports. This is not energy sovereignty, it’s dependency dressed as progress. New TNI report: www.tni.org/en/publicati...
November 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Tunisia’s public utility, STEG, risks being sidelined. Domestic renewable energy production stalls, public ownership weakens, and the country becomes dependent on imports. This is not energy sovereignty, it’s dependency dressed as progress. New TNI report: www.tni.org/en/publicati...
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“By binding Israel’s military power together with the Gulf’s hydrocarbon reserves...Washington aims to push back against its weakened regional and global position.”
Read Adam Hanieh on fossil capitalism in the Middle East, kicking off our essay series.
transitionsecurity.org/oil-militari...
Read Adam Hanieh on fossil capitalism in the Middle East, kicking off our essay series.
transitionsecurity.org/oil-militari...
The Middle East and Fossil Capitalism: Oil, Militarism and the Global Order
The struggle against fossil capitalism is inseparable from struggles for justice in the Middle East.
transitionsecurity.org
October 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
“By binding Israel’s military power together with the Gulf’s hydrocarbon reserves...Washington aims to push back against its weakened regional and global position.”
Read Adam Hanieh on fossil capitalism in the Middle East, kicking off our essay series.
transitionsecurity.org/oil-militari...
Read Adam Hanieh on fossil capitalism in the Middle East, kicking off our essay series.
transitionsecurity.org/oil-militari...
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I was first radicalized by anti-corporate globalization movement that defined the US left in the late 90s, reaching its apotheosis w/ Battle in Seattle against WTO. A few weeks ago, I hosted a live Dig w/
@eurtradejustice.bsky.social
in Brussels on the history of global trade justice movement 1/
@eurtradejustice.bsky.social
in Brussels on the history of global trade justice movement 1/
October 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I was first radicalized by anti-corporate globalization movement that defined the US left in the late 90s, reaching its apotheosis w/ Battle in Seattle against WTO. A few weeks ago, I hosted a live Dig w/
@eurtradejustice.bsky.social
in Brussels on the history of global trade justice movement 1/
@eurtradejustice.bsky.social
in Brussels on the history of global trade justice movement 1/
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What was the 'Battle in Seattle'? Who won? How did it shape the movement for trade justice globally and in Europe?
It was wonderful to have @danieldenvir.bsky.social join us recently to unpick these questions for the latest episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social podcast
It was wonderful to have @danieldenvir.bsky.social join us recently to unpick these questions for the latest episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social podcast
October 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
What was the 'Battle in Seattle'? Who won? How did it shape the movement for trade justice globally and in Europe?
It was wonderful to have @danieldenvir.bsky.social join us recently to unpick these questions for the latest episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social podcast
It was wonderful to have @danieldenvir.bsky.social join us recently to unpick these questions for the latest episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social podcast
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The anti-globalization left is stranded as Trumpism retools its free-trade critique into corporate nationalism. Reading struggle in cycles, our essay of the week traces the exhaustion of a nation-state strategy.
By @lughiotto.bsky.social in @tninstitute.bsky.social
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By @lughiotto.bsky.social in @tninstitute.bsky.social
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October 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The anti-globalization left is stranded as Trumpism retools its free-trade critique into corporate nationalism. Reading struggle in cycles, our essay of the week traces the exhaustion of a nation-state strategy.
By @lughiotto.bsky.social in @tninstitute.bsky.social
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By @lughiotto.bsky.social in @tninstitute.bsky.social
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"The EU took the floor to lecture the world about rights and democracy while on a ruthless deregulation campaign, promoting trade agreements that only serve corporate interests. Stop siding with corporate lobbies and secure a strong #BindingTreaty."
Sol Trumbo Vila @tninstitute.bsky.social
Sol Trumbo Vila @tninstitute.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"The EU took the floor to lecture the world about rights and democracy while on a ruthless deregulation campaign, promoting trade agreements that only serve corporate interests. Stop siding with corporate lobbies and secure a strong #BindingTreaty."
Sol Trumbo Vila @tninstitute.bsky.social
Sol Trumbo Vila @tninstitute.bsky.social
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Ramping up for the Peoples' Week of Mobilisation and 11th session of the #BindingTreaty negotiations this week
We come together, communities, movements and organisations from around the world to internationalise the struggle against corporate power and impunity ✊️
We come together, communities, movements and organisations from around the world to internationalise the struggle against corporate power and impunity ✊️
October 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Ramping up for the Peoples' Week of Mobilisation and 11th session of the #BindingTreaty negotiations this week
We come together, communities, movements and organisations from around the world to internationalise the struggle against corporate power and impunity ✊️
We come together, communities, movements and organisations from around the world to internationalise the struggle against corporate power and impunity ✊️
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Corporate giants and their financiers are maintaining the occupation and genocide in Palestine. As they reap colossal profits, the rights of the Palestinian people are being trampled on.
In solidarity with the Palestinian people, we demand an end to corporate complicity and impunity #FreePalestine
In solidarity with the Palestinian people, we demand an end to corporate complicity and impunity #FreePalestine
October 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Corporate giants and their financiers are maintaining the occupation and genocide in Palestine. As they reap colossal profits, the rights of the Palestinian people are being trampled on.
In solidarity with the Palestinian people, we demand an end to corporate complicity and impunity #FreePalestine
In solidarity with the Palestinian people, we demand an end to corporate complicity and impunity #FreePalestine
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While the US & Europe ramp up military spending, millions live in poverty.
Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵
transitionsecurity.org
Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵
transitionsecurity.org
Transition Security Project
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October 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
While the US & Europe ramp up military spending, millions live in poverty.
Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵
transitionsecurity.org
Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵
transitionsecurity.org
Two years into Israel's war of extermination, there can be no peace without accountability for the industrial-scale killing or justice for Palestinians, writes @dondeniamh.bsky.social.
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/peac...
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/peac...
'Peace deal' or not, Gaza remains the holocaust of our time
Two years into Israel's war of extermination, there can be no peace without accountability for the industrial-scale killing or justice for Palestinians who continue to count their dead
www.middleeasteye.net
October 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Two years into Israel's war of extermination, there can be no peace without accountability for the industrial-scale killing or justice for Palestinians, writes @dondeniamh.bsky.social.
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/peac...
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/peac...
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The official launch of @transitionsec.bsky.social is in just one week! Join CCI & @cmmonwealth.bsky.social
at the free inaugural panel event featuring our strategic co-dir @triofrancos.bsky.social:
🔗 shorturl.at/NwJCL
at the free inaugural panel event featuring our strategic co-dir @triofrancos.bsky.social:
🔗 shorturl.at/NwJCL
October 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The official launch of @transitionsec.bsky.social is in just one week! Join CCI & @cmmonwealth.bsky.social
at the free inaugural panel event featuring our strategic co-dir @triofrancos.bsky.social:
🔗 shorturl.at/NwJCL
at the free inaugural panel event featuring our strategic co-dir @triofrancos.bsky.social:
🔗 shorturl.at/NwJCL
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This course looks fantastic — I’ve just signed up! 🌱
Registrations are still open for those interested.
Registrations are still open for those interested.
Join our six-week online course that invites you to reimagine urban life through the lens of post-growth thinking, an approach that recognises that more GDP doesn’t always mean better lives, especially when it comes at the cost of social equity and ecological survival. www.tni.org/en/event/cit...
October 6, 2025 at 10:27 AM
This course looks fantastic — I’ve just signed up! 🌱
Registrations are still open for those interested.
Registrations are still open for those interested.
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What's driving land grabbing in the world today?
Our hot-off-the-press open access paper shows land grabbing is now shaped by:
1. geopolitics
2. financialization
3. climate policies
We set out why it matters, how people respond, and what's to be done @plaasuwc.bsky.social @tninstitute.bsky.social
Our hot-off-the-press open access paper shows land grabbing is now shaped by:
1. geopolitics
2. financialization
3. climate policies
We set out why it matters, how people respond, and what's to be done @plaasuwc.bsky.social @tninstitute.bsky.social
The ‘return’ of land grabbing?
This introductory paper to the Special Forum on ‘The Return of Land Grabbing’ examines the evolving dynamics of land grabbing. We argue that land grabbing never disappeared but has persisted and tr...
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October 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
What's driving land grabbing in the world today?
Our hot-off-the-press open access paper shows land grabbing is now shaped by:
1. geopolitics
2. financialization
3. climate policies
We set out why it matters, how people respond, and what's to be done @plaasuwc.bsky.social @tninstitute.bsky.social
Our hot-off-the-press open access paper shows land grabbing is now shaped by:
1. geopolitics
2. financialization
3. climate policies
We set out why it matters, how people respond, and what's to be done @plaasuwc.bsky.social @tninstitute.bsky.social
Land is life. Who has access to what land and under what conditions partly determines who gains and who loses. Land politics shape food, climate, labour, migration, democracy, and geopolitics. Democratizing land regimes is difficult but absolutely necessary for a just future.
October 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Land is life. Who has access to what land and under what conditions partly determines who gains and who loses. Land politics shape food, climate, labour, migration, democracy, and geopolitics. Democratizing land regimes is difficult but absolutely necessary for a just future.
European-Indonesian civil society and unions speak out against EU-Indonesia trade deal, warning it endangers the environment, climate, and the rights of women, Indigenous Peoples, workers, small farmers & fishers. europeantradejustice.org/eu-indonesia...
EU-Indonesia deal: global civil society alliance calls for a stop
A European-Indonesian alliance of civil society organizations and trade unions criticises the political agreement on the EU-Indonesia free trade agreement being signed in Indonesia today. The organ…
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October 1, 2025 at 7:45 AM
European-Indonesian civil society and unions speak out against EU-Indonesia trade deal, warning it endangers the environment, climate, and the rights of women, Indigenous Peoples, workers, small farmers & fishers. europeantradejustice.org/eu-indonesia...
Land is at the heart of people’s livelihoods and cultures, and communities worldwide struggle to secure access against corporate and state power. The Oxford Handbook of Land Politics shows how land is never just about production but also about care, migration, and justice www.tni.org/en/article/t...
September 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Land is at the heart of people’s livelihoods and cultures, and communities worldwide struggle to secure access against corporate and state power. The Oxford Handbook of Land Politics shows how land is never just about production but also about care, migration, and justice www.tni.org/en/article/t...
Palestinian liberation is not simply a moral or human rights issue: it is a direct confrontation with US imperialism and fossil capitalism. Thus, Palestinian liberation must be at the core of global environmental and climate justice struggles. www.tni.org/en/article/e...
Ecocide, Imperialism and Palestine Liberation | Transnational Institute
The devastation in Gaza is not only genocide but also ecocide: the deliberate destruction of an entire social and ecological fabric. From poisoned soil and decimated farmland to collapsing water syste...
www.tni.org
September 17, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Palestinian liberation is not simply a moral or human rights issue: it is a direct confrontation with US imperialism and fossil capitalism. Thus, Palestinian liberation must be at the core of global environmental and climate justice struggles. www.tni.org/en/article/e...
Did you know that EU countries can get sued for billions by foreign investors just for protecting national security, sanctioning war profiteers and climate action?
Read our new stories to learn more about ISDS and its devastating consequences for democracy, people and the planet: 10isdsstories.org
Read our new stories to learn more about ISDS and its devastating consequences for democracy, people and the planet: 10isdsstories.org
September 17, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Did you know that EU countries can get sued for billions by foreign investors just for protecting national security, sanctioning war profiteers and climate action?
Read our new stories to learn more about ISDS and its devastating consequences for democracy, people and the planet: 10isdsstories.org
Read our new stories to learn more about ISDS and its devastating consequences for democracy, people and the planet: 10isdsstories.org
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Extractivism and Corporate Privileges in the #Milei Era:
An Analysis of the Large Investment Incentives Regime (RIGI)
The #RIGI has been the government's major bet to attract investments
Have the RIGI objectives been fulfilled after 1 year?
@tninstitute.bsky.social
www.tni.org/en/article/e...
An Analysis of the Large Investment Incentives Regime (RIGI)
The #RIGI has been the government's major bet to attract investments
Have the RIGI objectives been fulfilled after 1 year?
@tninstitute.bsky.social
www.tni.org/en/article/e...
Extractivism and Corporate Privileges in the Milei Era | Transnational Institute
Argentina's Large Investment Incentives Regime (RIGI) has been the Javier Milei government's major bet to attract investments. But, after one year in force, have the RIGI objectives been fulfilled? Ho...
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September 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Extractivism and Corporate Privileges in the #Milei Era:
An Analysis of the Large Investment Incentives Regime (RIGI)
The #RIGI has been the government's major bet to attract investments
Have the RIGI objectives been fulfilled after 1 year?
@tninstitute.bsky.social
www.tni.org/en/article/e...
An Analysis of the Large Investment Incentives Regime (RIGI)
The #RIGI has been the government's major bet to attract investments
Have the RIGI objectives been fulfilled after 1 year?
@tninstitute.bsky.social
www.tni.org/en/article/e...
🚨 The EU’s new “Return Regulation” is in reality a Deportation Regulation.
It expands detention - including in offshore sites - fuels racial profiling & strips away rights.
Here’s why civil society is united in rejecting it ⬇️
It expands detention - including in offshore sites - fuels racial profiling & strips away rights.
Here’s why civil society is united in rejecting it ⬇️
September 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🚨 The EU’s new “Return Regulation” is in reality a Deportation Regulation.
It expands detention - including in offshore sites - fuels racial profiling & strips away rights.
Here’s why civil society is united in rejecting it ⬇️
It expands detention - including in offshore sites - fuels racial profiling & strips away rights.
Here’s why civil society is united in rejecting it ⬇️