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In-depth briefings, reports, papers and backgrounders by TNI staff, fellows and associates.

  • Occupy the left or ignore it?
    May 2012
    Christophe Aguiton and Nicolas Haeringer

    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
    April 2012

    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
  • Towards revision of the UN drug control conventions
    March 2012
    Dave Bewley-Taylor

    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
    March 2012
    Martin Jelsma
     Dave Bewley-Taylor

    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
  • Counter-terrorism, ‘policy laundering’ and the FATF
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    March 2012
    Ben Hayes

    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
    February 2012
    Tom Kramer
     Kevin Woods

    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?
    February 2012

    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
  • 15 years of the Asia-Europe People’s Forum
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    February 2012

    Review of 15 years of Asia European Peoples' Forum reveals its crucial role as the only permanent network and forum linking Asian and European movements and organisations, but also calls for reform to strengthen its work in the future.

     

     

  • State of Corporate Power 2012
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    January 2012
    TNI

    Who are the global 1%? What companies do they run? How do they escape accountability? Check out TNI's powerful infographic displays that expose the social and environmental costs of global corporate power.

  • Chewing over Khat prohibition
    January 2012
    Martin Jelsma
    Pien Metaal
     Axel Klein

    Khat has been consumed for thousands of years in the highlands of Eastern Africa and Southern Arabia.Strict bans on khat introduced in Europe ostensibly for the protection of immigrant communities have had severe unintended negative consequences.

    Series on Legislative Reform of Drug Policies
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