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TNI’s Peace and Security Programme brings together cutting-edge analyses of critical conflicts such as the war in Afghanistan and its regional implications, allies itself with a growing international grassroots movement challenging foreign military bases, and is pioneering research on the little-publicised spread of new security infrastructure in Europe and worldwide.

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  • Ethnic Conflict in Burma

    Whilst a twenty year ceasefire still holds, there is unlikely to be peace and democracy in Burma without a political settlement that addresses ethnic minority needs and goals. The joint Transnational Institute - Burma Center Netherlands aims to stimulate strategic thinking to address ethnic conflict in Burma and give a voice to ethnic nationality groups who have until now been ignored and isolated within the international debate on the country.

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  • Could there really be a war against Iran?

    Although political brinksmanship with Iran is nothing new, escalating tensions do not bode well for the region.

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    "We are now in the most dangerous period in our history"

    Susan George argues we need to galvanise all our forces to prevent the deepening of neoliberal globalisation which has made millions of people superfluous.

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  • After Gadhafi, the West eyes the Libyan prize

    The Libyan people face major challenges in deepening democracy in a country that is oil rich, deeply divided and dependant on NATO for its victory against Gadhafi.

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  • Supranational governance: a challenge to building resilient states and peace

    In troubled areas, the vital work of building peace and resilient states continues to be undone by weak and distorted governance at the supranational level. 

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We're Fighting in a War We Lost Before the War Began
Phyllis Bennis
 May 2012

New poll shows support for Afghanistan war lower than ever, and for good reason

Angola's Ten Years of Peace: Some Perspectives
David Sogge
 April 2012

A presentation with a general overview of social and political transformation in Angola

The Phases of War: Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and Israel
Phyllis Bennis
 April 2012

The U.S. is 11 years into its current war in Afghanistan and still losing. We never had a chance to "win" this war of vengeance – and while few in Washington are ready to admit that, they’ve continued to revise and redefine just what "winning" might look like.

How international rules on countering terrorist-financing are undermining freedom of association
March 2012

How international rules on countering terrorist-financing are undermining freedom of association: an analysis of the impact of FATF ‘Special Recommendation VIII’ on non-profit organisations.

Counter-terrorism, ‘policy laundering’ and the FATF
Ben Hayes
 March 2012
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A lack of democratic control, oversight and accountability of the FATF has allowed for regulations that circumvent concerns about human rights, proportionality and effectiveness.

Occupy Wall Street: New politics and new milestones
Phyllis Bennis
 November 2011

The occupy movement has achieved an incredible and much-needed shake-up of a long-standing political stasis in the US and elsewhere, but it is crucial now to highlight the connection between failed foreign policy, bloated military spending and illegal wars, and the economic crisis at home.

African political unity must be more selective: A blueprint for change
William Gumede
 September 2011

There cannot be any clearer illustration of the impotence of Africa’s continental and regional institutions to find local solutions to the continent’s problems, than their numbing inaction in the face of the wave of popular rebellions against dictators in North Africa sweeping across the continent.

 

9/11: Ten years later, who have we become?
Tom Reifer
 September 2011

Ten years and two wars later, Americans face the monetary and psychological costs of both militarism and Wall Street materialism, effectively bankrupting the country; not to mention the casualties of war at home, and in Afghanistan and Iraq.

9/11: a perfect pretext, a terrible legacy
Mariano Aguirre
 September 2011

The tragedy of 11 September 2001 was used by authoritarian forces in the United States as a political opportunity.

9/11 did not start or end at midnight
Richard Falk
 September 2011

All too often 9/11 is viewed from the perspective of the nation-state rather than from a global standpoint.

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