TNI in the news

TNI fellows, staff and consultants who are quoted, interviewed, featured or published in other media outlets. Please note that as many of our network also work for other organisations, we do not assume to take credit for all of these media "hits."

Ceasefires facilitating land grabs: Think tank
Shan Herald

A briefing paper jointly published earlier this month by the Netherlands-based think tank groups has asserted that new ceasefires that have been signed since 2011 have further facilitated land grabbing in conflict-affected areas where large development projects in resource-rich ethnic regions have already taken place.

June 2013
The Road to the Alter Summit
Alter Summit

Susan George speaking in short documentary film about the Alter Summit

June 2013
In Mexico, guilty till proven innocent
CNN

As the Mexican government has stepped up its efforts to combat drug trafficking, the number of people who have been detained and accused of crimes related to drugs has dramatically increased.

June 2013
'War on drugs' heeft beste tijd gehad
Trouw

Latijns-Amerika en Verenigde Staten gaan drugsbestrijding anders aanpakken: minder repressie, meer regulering

June 2013
The Global Drug Prohibition Regime: Half a Century of Failed Policymaking?
Drug reporter

Video of the discussion forum at the CEU in Budapest with Wolfgang Reinicke (CEU), Sandeep Chawla (UNODC), Niamh Eastwood (Release), Martin Jelsma (TNI) and Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch (OSF).

May 2013
Experts warn Myanmar about risks with investment treaties
Eleven

International experts have warned that the use of investment treaty ‘Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)’ for attracting foreign investments into Myanmar is risky as it grants the investors the right to initiate dispute settlement proceedings against the government under international laws.

May 2013
A hard rain’s a gonna fall…….
Socialist Resistance

Countries, such as Britain, Poland and South Africa are trying to introduce gas fracking, in the face of considerable popular opposition.

May 2013
Kachin conflict puts Myanmar reforms to the test
Financial Times

Struggle in resource-rich state weighs in on new political system. The Kachin conflict is a unique test case, says Tom Kramer, a Myanmar-based analyst with the Transnational Institute.

May 2013
Ethnic Activists Warn of Surge in Land Grabs After Ceasefires
The Irrawaddy

About 40 ethnic activist groups are calling on the government, ethnic militias and the international community to address a surge in land-grabbing, as companies move into Burma’s ethnic regions following recent ceasefire agreements.

May 2013
‘Rule of Law’ Will End Land Grabs in Ethnic Areas, Official Tells Activists
The Irrawaddy

An advisor to President Thein Sein met with a group of ethnic activists in Naypyidaw on Friday and tried to assuage their concerns over a recent rise in land conflicts in Burma’s ethnic areas.

May 2013
Ethnic minority land rights next hurdle for Myanmar peace
Thomson Reuters Foundation

The general public and Myanmar’s mainstream media have little awareness of ethnic concerns, said Yangon-based Tom Kramer from the Transnational Institute (TNI).

May 2013
EU-Canada trade agreement threatens fracking bans
The Financial

The proposed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the European Union (EU) and Canada would grant energy companies far-reaching rights to challenge bans and regulations of environmentally damaging shale gas development (fracking), a new briefing by Corporate Europe Observatory, The Council of Canadians and the Transnational Institute shows.

May 2013
Rüstungsausgaben verschärfen Eurokrise
Neues Deutschland

Neue Studie zeigt, dass teure Waffenanschaffungen die Staatsschulden in der Eurozone in die Höhe treiben.

May 2013
The Growing Importance of Africa to China
Thornhill Capital Newsletter

Currently Africa, and primarily the countries of Angola, Nigeria, and the Sudan, provides 25% of China’s petroleum imports.

May 2013
Fraking di gas e petrolio, trattato Ue-Canada per superare il bando in molti Paesi europei?
greenreport.it

Corporate Europe observatory (Ceo), Council of Canadians e Transnational institute pubblicano il dossier The right to say no: EU-Canada trade agreement threatens fracking bans, nel quale rivela che mentre l'Unione europea sta indagando sugli impatti ambientali del fracking per estrarre lo shale gas sta anche trattando con il Canada per firmare il controverso Comprehensive economic and trade agreement (Ceta) che, con una clausola, concederebbe agli investitori nordamericani il diritto di impugnare le decisioni dei singoli governi europei che vietano o regolano in maniera stringente lo stesso fracking.

May 2013
L’accord commercial entre l’UE et le Canada menace les interdictions de la fracturation hydraulique
Mondialisation

L’Accord Économique et Commercial Global (AECG) en cours de négociations entre l’Union Européenne (UE) et le Canada accorderait aux compagnies énergétiques des possibilités étendues pour venir défier les régulations et interdictions de développement du gaz de schiste (par la fracturation hydraulique, dommageable pour l’environnement) démontre un nouveau rapport du Corporate Europe Observatory, Conseil des Canadiens et Transnational Institute.


 

May 2013
What Is the Future of British Heroin Addiction?
Vice

However, Martin Jelsma – a political scientist who specialises in international drug trade at the Transnational Institute – is not so sure there's such a cut-and-dry, supply-and-demand explanation.

May 2013
Prospects for Rakhine reconciliation dim
IRIN

Public dialogue on the Rohingya issue has become so polarized that “it is hard to say anything and stay neutral,” said Tom Kramer, who runs the Myanmar office of the Transnational Institute [...]

May 2013
Climate change, energy security and arms trade
War Resisters' International

While it is increasingly clear that climate change is an irreversible processes that will hit people and the environment hard, the defence industry sees new profit opportunities.

 

April 2013
Fracking will lead to health, environmental damage
Stellenbosch University

Despite arguments to the contrary, it seems as if fracking in the Karoo will cause large-scale damage to the environment, the health of people living there and the economy of the area.

April 2013