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  • NATO’S 3.5% Spending Goal Unsustainable on every count

    • EU Militarism and War Policies
    • Militarism
    • Climate Crisis

    In 2025, there is one glaring security challenge facing everyone in the world – and that is the climate crisis. Every scientist studying climate change is sounding an alarm that we are close to dangerous tipping points that threaten liveability on this planet for millions of people. We have faced two of the hottest years on record consecutively, unprecedented forest fires and extreme weather events are becoming ever more normal, and we will almost certainly breach the 1.5 degree Celsius increase in global temperatures from pre-industrial levels within the next five years. Yet in June, the world’s biggest ‘security’ alliance, NATO, will be meeting in The Hague not to tackle this crisis but to add yet more petroleum to the fire.

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  • Fossil Water, ‘Renewables Capitalism’ Land, Groundwater, and Solar Power in Siwa Oasis, Egypt

    • Just Transition
    • Middle East and North Africa
    Report by
    • Youssef Ramez Boktor
    • Amr Khairy
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  • The UN Coca Leaf Review and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights: Can the WHO Meet the Moment? Coca Chronicles #5

    • Coca Leaf
    • Drug Law Reform
    • UN Drug Control
    Longread by
    • Martin Jelsma
    • John Walsh

  • NATO Summit 2025: Counter Summit – 21 & 22 June | The Hague

    • Militarism
    • EU Militarism and War Policies
    Dossier

  • Palestine Liberation series

    • Palestine
    • Middle East and North Africa
    Dossier by
    • Hamza Hamouchene
    • Adam Hanieh
    • Kribsoo Diallo
    • Muzan Alneel
    • Vijay Kolinjivadi
    • Asmaa Ashraf
    • Zhang Sheng
    • Gert Van Hecken

🇵🇸 Free Palestine 🇵🇸

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Palestine Liberation series

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  • Framing Palestine Israel, the Gulf states, and American power in the Middle East

    • Middle East and North Africa
    • Palestine
    Longread by
    Adam Hanieh

  • The circus of academic complicity A tragicomic spectacle of evasion on the world stage of genocide

    • Palestine
    • Pacification and Resistance
    Longread by
    Gert Van Hecken

  • Sustainability fantasies/genocidal realities Palestine against an eco-apartheid world

    • Palestine
    • Middle East and North Africa
    Longread by
    • Vijay Kolinjivadi
    • Asmaa Ashraf

  • Vietnam, Algeria, Palestine Passing on the torch of the anti-colonial struggle

    • Palestine
    • Middle East and North Africa
    Longread by
    Hamza Hamouchene

  • From Global Anti-Imperialism to the Dandelion Fighters China’s Solidarity with Palestine from 1950 to 2024

    • Palestine
    • China
    Longread by
    Zhang Sheng

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Myanmar in Crisis: A Nation Trapped in a Disaster Loop

Spotlight on Myanmar

As Myanmar reels from yet another catastrophe, the military regime’s rare plea for international aid is met with deep skepticism. With over four million displaced, ongoing resistance, and relentless attacks on civilians, the people of Myanmar find themselves abandoned, left to survive on their own. Meanwhile, global powers weigh their interests, and the military continues its stranglehold on humanitarian relief.

What does this mean for Myanmar’s future? And is there any hope amid the chaos? Read the latest on Myanmar’s unfolding crisis.

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Putting ideas into movement since 1974

The Transnational Institute (TNI) is an international research and advocacy institute committed to building a just, democratic, and sustainable planet. For over 50 years, TNI has served as a unique nexus between social movements, engaged scholars, and policymakers.

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TNI has a proud history of being at the cutting edge of analysis, research and activism on critical global issues.

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  • A Fractured World Reflections on Power, Polarity and Polycrisis

    State of Power
    Podcast by
    • Adam Tooze
    • Walden Bello
    • Nick Buxton

  • History in Action - Part 1 1970-1990 - A counter history by the Transnational Institute

    History
    Podcast by
    • Susan George
    • Peter Weiss
    • Cora Weiss
    • John Cavanagh
    • Achin Vanaik
    • Anthony Barnett
    • Susan Buck-Morss
    • Ariane van Buren
    • Manuel Pérez-Rocha
    • John Berger
    • Isabel Letelier
    • Orlando Letelier
    • Eqbal Ahmad
    • Basker Vashee
    • Fred Halliday
    • Shaun Matsheza
    • Denis Burke
    • Daria Gorshenina

  • History in Action - Part 2 1990-2000 - A counter history by the Transnational Institute

    History
    Podcast by
    • Susan George
    • Hilary Wainwright
    • Walden Bello
    • Martin Jelsma
    • Gonzalo Berrón
    • John Cavanagh
    • Achin Vanaik
    • Lyda Fernanda Forero
    • Manuel Pérez-Rocha
    • Jun Borras
    • Fiona Dove
    • John Berger
    • Isabel Letelier
    • Orlando Letelier
    • Eqbal Ahmad
    • Basker Vashee
    • Fred Halliday

  • History in Action - Part 3 2000-2008 - A counter history by the Transnational Institute

    History
    Podcast by
    • Arun Kundnani
    • Lyda Fernanda Forero
    • Jun Borras
    • Walden Bello
    • Dorothy Grace Guerrero
    • Fiona Dove
    • Howard Wachtel
    • Brid Brennan
    • Satoko Kishimoto
    • Fred Halliday

  • History in Action - Part 4 2008-2020 - A counter history by the Transnational Institute

    History
    Podcast by
    • Walden Bello
    • Sol Trumbo Vila
    • Niamh Ní Bhriain
    • Achin Vanaik
    • Dorothy Grace Guerrero
    • Lucía Bárcena
    • Martin Jelsma
    • Susan George
    • Howard Wachtel
    • Brid Brennan

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Achievements in 2024

Annual report

For 50 years, TNI has worked to catalyse transformative change. In 2024, together with global allies, we demonstrated what real alternatives look like and how to achieve them.

Our energy democracy work is gaining ground, challenging green colonialism and unjust transitions. We helped advance a new vision for trade and investment justice through the 2024 Entebbe Declaration, and continue to push back against corporate-driven systems like the Energy Charter Treaty.

In a time of rising militarisation and digital capitalism, TNI is building bridges between struggles—from Palestine to Myanmar, from climate justice to AI governance. As we marked our 50th anniversary, we reaffirmed our commitment to internationalism and solidarity to shape a just, democratic and peaceful future.

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