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The Crisis of Humanitarian Intervention

Events in Libya and Syria have again brought the legitimacy of armed humanitarian intervention and so-called “responsibility to protect” into question.

As authoritarian China loses luster, TNCs flirt with democratic Indonesia and Brazil

Make way China! Here come Brazil and Indonesia as new kids on the block for transnational corporations' investments in their global search for cheap labour and social stability.

Osama is no martyr, but the man prevailed

The US response to 9/11 over the last decade played right into bin Laden's preferred terrain.

The Arab Revolutions and the Democratic Imagination

The revolutionary democrats of the Arab world have an opportunity to bring about the next stage in the global democratic revolution.

What can we expect to see in 2011?

Changing global power balances, continuing crises, Iran, Afghanistan. Four TNI fellows share their predictions for 2011.

The Global Economy in 2011: Recovery Recedes, Convulsion Looms

As the U.S. and Europe appear to be headed for a deeper economic crisis, some analysts discern a “decoupling” of East Asia and other developing areas from the western economies.

Lessons of the Obama Debacle

It's not for lack of alternatives that the Left has struggled to harness the opportunity for change offered by the global financial crisis - but for failing to translate this into a political programme that connects with the everyday struggles of people suffering under neoliberalism.

Imperial decline and prospects for a just peace in Palestine

What we are witnessing today is not only the gradual decline of American power, but also the increasing isolation of Israel.

Roundtable debate on Asia European relations

Debate between leading European and Asian analysts on the decline of European power, the economic rise of China and India, the likelihood of global recession, climate change and proposed alternatives to the current global economic model.

Key issues on the table at the 8th Asia Europe People's Forum

Ahead of the Asia Europe People's Forum (AEPF) which coincides with the official ASEM8 summit this year in Brussels, four TNI scholar-activists - Susan George, Praful Bidwai, Ben Hayes and Walden Bello - discuss some of the key struggles facing citizens from both regions.

The Political Consequences of Stagnation

Progressives should not take comfort from the dead end offered by tea party economics. They should try to understand what has led to the failure of Obama’s pallid Keynesianism.

New economics for a new administration

A new government in the Philippines offers the country a rare window to fundamentally shift away from failed economic policies, subordinate to neoliberal ideology and the pre-eminance of illegitimate foreign debtors.

G20's Central Role? As a Lightning Rod

The G20 is going to be around for some time. But it will probably be as ineffective as the G8 in stabilizing global capitalism.

Greece: Same tragedy, different scripts

If ever there was a crisis created by global finance, it is Greece. Yet the same financial institutions have hijacked the narrative of the crisis to get yet more public bailouts.

The Problem with Old, Familiar Faces

With more poor people in the Philippines now than at any other time in history, its time for the new government to break with the old policy of putting foreign debtors and IMF doctrine first.

The battle for Thailand

Behind the deaths, military repression and violence that has flared up on the streets of Bangkok lies another story of a country following the dictates of the IMF and the markets, which increased inequalities and unemployment for many Thais and created the resentment that will continue to fuel conflict in Thailand.

The Poverty of Philippine Foreign Policy

In the past the Philippines foreign policy has been overly submissive to US interests and often failed to promote the country's own interests. As the world increasingly becomes a multipolar environment the country will need to invest more in bringing the best minds to work on national diplomacy and strategy.

Is Congress worth running for?

For the most part, conservative interests still rule the Philippines' Congress, but it is not at all hopeless as a platform for change.

Making connections: Economic crisis and the politics of climate change

Walden Bello speaks at the University of Minnesota where he discusses China’s role in the global climate politics and the implication of the current global economic downturn for the climate policy and development.

Australia’s Climate Action Summit

Walden Bello talks about the climate change from the developing countries’ perspective at Australia's Climate Action Summit