The Transnational Institute (TNI), is an international non-profit research and advocacy

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that was founded in 1974 in

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. According to their website, the organization promotes a "... just, democratic and sustainable world."

History

TNI was founded in 1974 in Amsterdam by Eqbal Ahmad, who was the organization's first director. Initially it operated as an international arm of the

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. In 1976 the director of the institute ( Orlando Letelier) was assassinated by the Chilean secret police as ordered by

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. Pauline Tiffen is chair of the supervisory board of the TNI. The activist Susan George is president of the TNI. The members of the institute are involved in the civil society and the associative life of their respective countries. Based in

, the permanent team of TNI consisted of twenty nine people in 2021.

Work

The TNI publishes research papers, books and organises seminars and debates. Its members include activists, researchers, writers, scholars, journalists and documentary makers. The organisation has specific interest sections called "programs". These are the fields the organisation currently focuses on.

Drugs and democracy

The program analyses worldwide trends on drugs-policies and promotes a pragmatic approach to

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based on damage-control. It has written on countries in

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and

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...

. Ricardo Soberón, a lawyer, academic, writer and consultant for Peru's governmental policies on drugs, has carried out research for TNI.

Public alternatives

The public alternatives program publishes research and organises events on the following topics * The effects of privatisation such as water privatisation *

Energy democracy Energy democracy is a concept developed within the environmental justice movement that pairs the renewable energy transition with efforts to democratize the production and management of energy resources— including the social ownership of energy i ...

* The return of

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or re-municipalization for which it has documented more than 200 cases. * Transformative Cities *

Participatory democracy Participatory democracy, participant democracy, participative democracy, or semi-direct democracy is a form of government in which Citizenship, citizens participate individually and directly in political decisions and policies that affect their ...

Trade and investment

Publications * ''Financialisation: A Primer'' (2018 update) - about financialization

Other programs

* Myanmar * War & Pacification * Colombia * Agrarian & Environmental Justice * Corporate Power

References

External links

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Archive
at the

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