A transatlantic corporate bill of rights (http://www.tni.org/briefing/transatlantic-corporate-bill-rights) analyses leaked proposals for so-called investor-state dispute settlement under the proposed EU-US deal and reveals a determined lobby campaign from industry lobby groups and law firms to grant unprecedented rights to corporations to sue governments for legislation and regulations that... Read more
Chuck Hagel isn’t anyone I’d pick to be in a position of power. He’s a conservative Republican, a military guy who volunteered to fight in Vietnam. According to Forbes magazine, during Hagel’s tenure in the Senate, “he favored school prayer, missile defense and drilling in Alaska, while opposing abortion, same-sex marriage and limits on assault guns. He voted in... Read more
This years theme: Beyond Divide & Rule: Alternative Regionalisms and Struggles for Community
3rd Binational Conference on Border Issues
3a Conferencia Binacional en Asuntos Fronterizos
San Diego City College: Nov 29, Room D 121A
Next to the campus cafeteria
Casa del Túnel, Tijuana: Nov 30
Next to the San Ysidro/Tijuana Border Gate
TNI Associate Fellow Tom Reifer and former McNair Scholars Yanet Lopez-Cardenas, Fernando Masias, Lauren Ortiz and Daniela Perez will be opening up the conference with a presentation entitled, "From Borders, Books and Barricades to Beyond Divide and Rule: Alternative Regionalisms and Struggles for Community"
>View interview on Democracy Now... Read more
“It’s a direct breach of the 1961 U.N. convention on narcotic drugs,” said Martin Jelsma, a Dutch scholar on drug control laws at the Transnational Institute, a center in the Netherlands that advocates for less punitive global drug policies.... Read more
Martin Jelsma, an expert on drug policy in Latin America at the Transnational Institute in the Netherlands who supports legalization measures, says that the revenue loss would not be insignificant for Mexican groups – as it is estimated that they depend on marijuana sales for about a quarter of total revenue. But there is still cocaine and heroin. “It is clear for Mexican cartels that cocaine... Read more
Der er heller ikke nogen tvivl om, at der i dag blæser nye vinde over kontinentet, og at de latinamerikanske regeringer ikke længere vil tolerere, at efterspørgslen på narkotika i USA skal ødelægge landene i syd. Det forklarer Martin Jensma, der er koordinator for programmet Drugs and Democracy ved Transnational Institute i Amsterdam, og som siden 1998 har beskæftiget sig med... Read more
It certainly doesn’t look much like what we’re seeing in Afghanistan today. A feckless, corrupt, incompetent government kept alive and in place (we can’t really say "in power" since its reach doesn’t extend much beyond Kabul) by billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars and tens of thousands of U.S. and allied troops. Escalating, not diminishing violence against civilians. More frequent and more deadly... Read more
Here we go again with the Iran hysteria. It is tempting to think this time will be just like previous periods of sabre rattling against Iran. But there are significant new dangers. The Arab Spring, Israel's position, changes in the regional and global balance of forces, and national election campaigns, all point to this round of anti-Iranian hysteria posing potentially graver risks than five or... Read more
