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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.

Now the World Will Know the Truth

Article by

Francisco Letelier

Publication date: 21 October 1998
Terrorism: Theirs and Ours

Article by

Eqbal Ahmad

Publication date: 12 October 1998
Knowledge and Civilization

Article by

Kofi Annan Secretary General of the United Nations

Publication date: 16 September 1998
US Crippled Chile's Democracy

Article by

Saul Landau

Publication date: 11 September 1998
Mexico: The Narco General Case

Article by

Carlos Fazio

Publication date: 1 December 1997
Asia-Europe Relations in the Light of the Southeast Asian Financial Crisis

Article by

Walden Bello

Publication date: 31 October 1997
Winning the War of Ideas

Article by

Susan George

Publication date: 1 July 1997
Introduction: Damaging Side Effects - The War on Drugs

Human Rights and Drugs

Article by

Martin Jelsma

Publication date: 1 April 1997
Jinnah's Vision of Pakistan

Article by

Sharif al Mujahid

Publication date: 1 December 1996
The Roots of Violence

New Politics

Article by

Eqbal Ahmad

Publication date: 1 December 1996