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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.

Chilean Dictator OK'd Bomb Attacks

Article by

Saul Landau

Publication date: 19 May 1999
Eqbal Ahmad: A True Struggle, A Good Man

Article by

Edward Said

Publication date: 13 May 1999
IPS Applauds British Ruling and Demands Strong US Sanction IPS Press Release

Article by

the Iran team at the Institute for Policy Studies

Publication date: 24 March 1999
A Short History of Neoliberalism
Stop Corporate Impunity

State of Power

Multistakeholderism
Article by

Susan George

Publication date: 24 March 1999
Distorted Histories

Article by

David Barsamian

Publication date: 1 March 1999
Prisoner Pinochet. The Dictator and the Quest for Justice

Article by

Peter Kornbluh

Publication date: 21 December 1998
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