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Exporting Borders Frontex and the Expansion of Fortress Europe in West Africa

Border Wars

The EU is pushing its migration control far beyond Europe’s borders. This report exposes how Frontex operates in West Africa under the cover of cooperation, entrenching neo-colonial influence, undermining rights, and reshaping the Sahel into a securitised buffer zone.

Report by

Mariana Gkliati
Jane Kilpatrick

10 July 2025

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Articles

An overview of articles by TNI experts, staff, and associates.

The Roots of Violence

New Politics

Article by

Eqbal Ahmad

Publication date: 1 December 1996
Two Recumbant Male Figures Wrestling on a Sidewalk

Article by

John Berger

Publication date: 1 December 1995
The Reconquest of Mexico

Article by

Eqbal Ahmad

Publication date: 3 March 1995
In Praise of Resistance

Article by

Eqbal Ahmad

Publication date: 16 February 1995
Interview with Eqbal Ahmad

Article by

David Barsamian

Publication date: 1 August 1993
A Fate Worse than Debt: The World Financial Crisis and the Poor

In the media by

Robert Pollin

Publication date: 1 March 1989
Chile has not cleaned up its act

Article by

Isabel Letelier

Publication date: 31 March 1984
The Chilean Connection
Article by

Saul Landau

John Dinges
Publication date: 28 November 1981
Feigning Toughness on Terrorism

Article by

Michael Moffitt

Publication date: 16 August 1979
Eigth Indicted in Letelier Slaying
Article by

Timothy S. Robinson with Lawrence Meyer

Christopher Dickey
Publication date: 2 August 1978