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."

Arms Sales, Debt and Corruption
Irish Left Review

A recent report entitled Guns, Debt and Corruption: Military Spending and the EU Crisis, authored by Frank Slijper, hones in on one sector where [...] corruption is endemic.

April 2013
Via Campesina dénonce l'accaparement et la concentration des terres en Europe (rapport)
La France Agricole

La Coordination Européenne Via Campesina (ECVC) dénonce à nouveau la concentration et l'accaparement des terres agricoles, dans un rapport paru le 17 avril. Mais cette fois-ci leur intervention cible l'Europe.

April 2013
Europas neue Großgrundbesitzer
Zeit

Nicht nur in Lateinamerika kontrollieren Investoren immer mehr Land: Auch Europas Äcker werden aufgekauft. Die Konzentration nimmt zu, besagt eine Studie.

April 2013
Chinezen, Russen en Arabieren 'pikken' Europese landbouwgronden in
Trouw

We kennen het als een Afrikaans verschijnsel, het zogeheten landgrabbing waarbij speculanten, grote bedrijven en rijke buitenlanders grote stukken land inpikken.

April 2013
Flagship carbon scheme in jeopardy?
BBC

The European Parliament has voted against proposals to prop up the world's leading carbon trading scheme, designed to reduce CO2 emissions. The price to emit has plummeted to a record low, raising questions about the scheme's future.

April 2013
EU carbon price collapses
REDD-Monitor

Yesterday, the European Parliament voted against the backloading proposal which was aimed at increasing the price of carbon permits.

April 2013
PPPs: listen to the farmers
The Broker

Assuming a joint approach would unleash agricultural potential and strengthen the market, Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) have dominated global food security strategies.

April 2013
From local to global: prioritizing food security
The Broker

Stakeholders involved in PPPs should be more aware of the local livelihoods, cultural and environmental circumstances, in which small-scale farmers produce food (e.g. read the articles of Sylvia Kay (Transnational Institute) [...].

April 2013
Land grabbing anche in Europa, colossi frenano l'agricoltura
La Stampa

Il 50% delle terre Ue in mano a solo il 3% delle grandi aziende

April 2013
Land 'grabs' expand to Europe as big business blocks entry to farming
The Guardian

Land rights not just issue for developing world as report shows public subsidies help a few firms 'grab' vast tracts of EU land

April 2013
Militaire uitgaven van invloed op schuldencrisis
Ravage Webzine

Militaire uitgaven hebben een belangrijke rol gespeeld in de ontwikkeling van de Europese schuldencrisis en ondermijnen nog altijd de inspanningen om tot een vreedzame oplossing te komen.

April 2013
NGOs call for ETS to be scrapped
European Voice

Ahead of crucial vote tomorrow, some environmentalists say EU emissions trading scheme is beyond saving.

April 2013
Myanmar's fragile peace
Al Jazeera English

The success of the country’s transition hinges on peace negotiations with multiple armed ethnic groups. Tom Kramer comments.

April 2013
Myanmar's fragile peace
Al Jazeera

101 East  takes a rare look into Myanmar's forgotten corners, and follows the country's leaders as they navigate a fragile path to peace.

April 2013
World Social Forum debuts in Arab world
Al Arabiya

[Dismantle Corporate Power banner at the Opening March of the WSF in Tunis, 27 March 2013]

 

April 2013
Dismantling Transnational Corporations
Occupy.com

One of the most impacting meetings took place Thursday, when more than 100 people filled a lecture hall, organized by the coalition Stop Corporate Impunity, to hear an array of speakers on a panel called “Confronting the Power of Transnational Corporations and Unpacking the Global Investment, Trade and Financial Regimes.”

April 2013
Obstacles Ahead in Burma’s Opium War
Time

“There is no silver bullet,” Tom Kramer, a political scientist for the think tank Transnational Institute (TNI) told TIME. “The root cause is poverty. Access to health, education — if this is not addressed, you will not solve the problem.”

March 2013
Towards a ceasefire
The Economist

Experiments in legalisation are showing what a post-war approach to drug control could look like

March 2013
Foreign investment a double-edged sword
Bangkok Post

The finding of a report released on Thursday that the rise in foreign investment in Myanmar's ethnic regions risks exacerbating conflicts and environmental destruction should come as a surprise to no one.

February 2013
Investment in Burma must benefit locals
Karen News

A report released by the Dutch think-tank, the Transnational Institute, expressed concern at the prospect of massive development projects in conflict-ridden parts of Burma.

February 2013