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Welcome,
You will receive regular updates on our current research and activities, in both English and Spanish.
We want to make sure you get the most out of our work and welcome your feedback, so don’t hesitate to click the reply button.
As a taster please find our latest issue below.
We hope you will enjoy our work,
The communication team at the Transnational Institute.
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Dear reader,
Are you also curious how it is possible EU budgets for security and military continue to grow, even as they shrink in all other areas? TNI collaborated with Statewatch for this intriguing exposé on the security-industrial complex in Europe.
Read our latest report 'Market Forces: The development of the EU Security-Industrial Complex'
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| Market Forces: The development of the EU Security-Industrial Complex |
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EU funding for new security tools and technologies will double in the 2014-20 period compared to the previous 6 years. Where is this funding going? To a burgeoning “homeland security” industry, whose influence on European policy continues to grow making Europe increasingly militarised and security-focused.
Read the report
Explore the report’s key findings in this infographic
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| Beyond Panglong: Myanmar’s National Peace and Reform Dilemma |
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Ethnic conflict and mass displacement continue in Myanmar’s borderlands. The country stands at a crossroads. After decades under military rule, the 21st Century Panglong Conference has been welcomed as the most important initiative to achieve countrywide peace and political reform since the Panglong Conference of February 1947. Worrying signs, however, are starting to appear, raising warnings from the country’s troubled past.
Read the policy briefing
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| Asia and Finance Capital: From the Japanese bubble to China’s financial time bomb |
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Walden Bello - The Japanese economic bubble in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s and the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997-98 shaped Asia’s capacity to respond to the 2008 global financial crisis. China emerged seemingly unscathed. But the inroads of speculative financial capital into China and East Asia and ongoing problems of over-production means that a future financial crisis is highly probable.
Read the paper
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| Chinese investment in Europe in the Age of Brexit and Trump |
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Dorothy Grace Guerrero - Chinese investments in Europe have surged in recent years, totalling €35 billion in 2016. This paper examines the nature and scope of Chinese investments, how investments in Europe differ to those made in the Global South, why the Chinese state is interested in investing in the Europe and the implications for social movements committed to social justice. Read the paper |
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We don't like to blow our trumpets much at TNI as most of our drive, inspiration and passion comes from knowing the real heroines and heroes on the frontlines who take great risks to fight injustice and transform society. But the kind testimonials we received from friends for our recent annual report make us feel we are doing something right! Read the report. |
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| Costa Rica’s Banco Popular shows how banks can be democratic, green – and financially sustainable |
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A decade on from the 2007-08 global financial crisis, the majority of private banks have changed very little. However the experience of Costa Rica shows that there is hope for a different kind of bank – one that is run democratically and with sustainable principles at its core. Read the article. |
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| All our English content in September |
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Please find all of the newest items in September in English on our website through this search here. |
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Apreciados amigos, apreciadas amigas:
En un momento en el que está tan de moda hablar de "reducción del espacio de la sociedad civil" y el tema se debate incluso en la UE, es más oportuno que nunca que nos planteemos, desde los movimientos progresistas, qué significa el concepto y algunos de sus problemas inherentes. Y es que no se está reduciendo del mismo modo el espacio de todo el mundo.
¿Podría ser que esa “reducción del espacio de la sociedad civil” no sea más que una forma contemporánea de hablar sobre los problemas de exclusión y represión que han padecido durante mucho tiempo un gran número de movimientos sociales, políticos y por los derechos civiles?
Os invitamos a leer estas reflexiones, a compartirlas en vuestras redes y a que nos hagáis llegar vuestros comentarios con el objetivo de enriquecer el debate.
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| Reflexiones en torno al concepto de "reducción del espacio de acción de la sociedad civil" |
El activismo individual y colectivo es blanco de una ofensiva global lanzada por Estados, grandes empresas y la derecha extrema. La metáfora de la “reducción del espacio de la sociedad civil organizada” se ha generalizado para hacer referencia a toda una nueva generación de restricciones a la lucha política. Sin embargo, es necesario deconstruir esta narrativa y poner al descubierto algunos de los problemas inherentes al concepto.
Leer estas reflexiones
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| Cultura, poder y activismo - Presentación de Estado del poder 2017 |
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El sexto informe anual ‘Estado del poder’ analiza los procesos culturales que utilizan las grandes empresas y las élites privilegiadas para hacer que su poder parezca ‘natural’ e ‘irreversible’. También explora cómo los movimientos sociales pueden utilizar la creatividad, el arte y las fuerzas culturales para resistir y construir una transformación social y ecológica duradera. Ver la presentación del informe. |
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| Convocatoria abierta - Iniciativa Ciudades Transformadoras |
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Ciudades Transformadoras se inspira en la emergente ola de prácticas políticas que tienen lugar en el ámbito municipal en todo el mundo y lanza un proceso único para reconocer experiencias relevantes, con el objetivo último de compartir lecciones y aprender de forma colectiva. El plazo para presentar propuestas finaliza el 31 de octubre. Leer mas. |
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