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

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.

After Gadhafi, the West eyes the Libyan prize
October 2011
Phyllis Bennis

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.

Libya: Too Soon to Declare Victory
August 2011
Phyllis Bennis

The success of Libya's uprising will have a great deal to do with the willingness of its leadership to break its dependency on the United States and NATO.

The Crisis of Humanitarian Intervention
August 2011
Walden Bello

Events in Libya and Syria have again brought the legitimacy of armed humanitarian intervention and so-called “responsibility to protect” into question.

Strengthening public water in Africa
August 2011
Samir Bensaid

While both North–South partnerships and SouthSouth Partnerships have strengths and limitations, linking these in networked models is an effective way to mobilise expertise and funding and achieve success.

We want our money back
July 2011
David Sogge

Angry citizens want their nations’ money back and rightfully so. Banks should be curbed instead of allowed to enthusiastically facilitate the illicit outflow of money by dictators.

Understanding the Arab Spring
June 2011
Kamil Mahdi
Phyllis Bennis
Ben Hayes
 Salwa Ismail, Shaheer George, Mehdi Lalou, Yao Graham,

Middle East scholars join TNI fellows in a unique and fascinating discussion of the context of the democracy uprisings in the Middle East and the way it may shape the region for future generations.

Strengthening public water in Africa: South South North networked model of Public-public Partnerships
May 2011
Water Justice

Samir Bensaid is author of the new chapter addition to the collaborative book project "Reclaiming Public Water"- part of TNI's Water Justice programme - which brings experience and insight from Morocco and Mauritania.

Is the Arab Spring a Black Swan?
May 2011
Richard Falk

A recent comparison by top foreign policy thinkers in the US reveals the not so pro-democratic thinking that also goes on in Washington, referring to the emancipatory movements of the Arab Spring as a improbable "worst-case scenarios."

Who will reshape the Arab world: its people, or the US
May 2011
Tariq Ali

Phase one of the Arab spring is over. Phase two – the attempt to crush or contain genuine popular movements – has begun.

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