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  • Occupy the left or ignore it?
    Christophe Aguiton and Nicolas Haeringer (Paper)

    Why the traditional Left needs to understand, be willing to be challenged, and fully embrace the Occupy and Indignado movements.

  • Assessing Burma/Myanmar’s New Government
    (Briefing)

    Burma is in the midst of its most important period of political transition in over two decades. TNI and BCN hosted a conference to look at the challenges and opportunities in five key areas: politics, ethnic relations, the economy, social and humanitarian affairs, and the international landscape.

    Burma Policy Briefings
  • Alternatives to Privatisation
    Edited by David A. McDonald & Greg Ruiters (Book)

    A book for practitioners, unionists, social movements and analysts who are seeking reliable knowledge on what kinds of public models work and their main strengths and weaknesses.

  • Towards revision of the UN drug control conventions
    Dave Bewley-Taylor (Briefing)

    Recent years have seen a growing unwillingness among increasing numbers of States parties to fully adhere to a strictly prohibitionist reading of the three principal UN drug control conventions.

    Series on Legislative Reform of Drug Policies Nr. 19
  • The Limits of Latitude
    Martin Jelsma
     Dave Bewley-Taylor (Briefing)

    A growing number of nations are developing policies that shift away from the prohibition-oriented failed approach to drugs control. Ultimately however nations will need to reform the overall UN based global drug control framework of which practically all nations are a part.

    Series on Legislative Reform of Drug Policies Nr. 18
  • The Global Water Grab: A Primer
    Jennifer Franco
    Sylvia Kay
     (Primer)

    Water grabbing refers to situations where powerful actors take control of valuable water resources  for their own benefit, depriving local communities whose livelihoods often depend on these resources and ecosystems.

  • Remunicipalisation
    Olivier Hoedeman
    Satoko Kishimoto
     Martin Pigeon, David A. McDonald (Book)

    After decades of failed water privatisation, cities like Paris are starting to bring water back into public hands. Download this free 'must-read' book for policy makers and activists looking to democratise water services.

  • Counter-terrorism, ‘policy laundering’ and the FATF
    Ben Hayes
     (Report)
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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.

  • Financing Dispossession
    Tom Kramer
     Kevin Woods (Briefing)

    China’s opium crop substitution programme has very little to do with providing mechanisms to decrease reliance on poppy cultivation or provide alternative livelihoods for ex-poppy growers. Financing dispossession is not development.

    Drugs&Democracy - Transnational Institute
  • Ending Burma’s Conflict Cycle?
    (Briefing)

    Peace does not just involve the government and ethnic armed opposition groups, but involves all of Burma's citizens.

    TNI-BCN Burma Policy Briefing No. 8. February 2012
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