TNI in the news in 2019

Our research and experts were cited regularly by news outlets across the world in 2019. 

1/7/19 BBC Portuguese Brasil tem empresas estatais demais? 5 perguntas sobre privatização

1/17/19 New York Times Fact Check: Trump’s Tweet on Border Walls in Europe

1/18/19 CBC Walled world: Lessons from Europe's border barriers

1/18/19 The Independent Davos 2019: What is the World Economic Forum and who will be attending this year’s summit?

1/21/19 TRT World Does the Davos Summit serve its purpose?

1/21/19 Arab World Are border walls effective or just a political tool?

1/23/19 Scientific American Trump's Border Wall Highlights the Climate–Migration Connection

1/30/19 Huffington Post (Spanish) La ciudadanía digital en el siglo XXI

1/30/19 Red Pepper Vampire finance sucks the lifeblood out of the economy

1/30/19 The Conversation Europe’s refugee crisis explains why border walls don’t stop migration

1/30/19 El Diario (Ecuador) El Parlamento Europeo acoge una conferencia sobre el caso de la petrolera Chevron en Ecuador

2/2/19 UOL Vale, ex-estatal, foi privatizada, mas não evitou tragédia; o que é melhor?

2/3/19 Vanguard ‘World Bank PPP on water, is new colonialism’

1/31/19 Premium Times Participants at water summit want review of Nigeria’s national water policy

2/1/19 All Africa Nigeria, Others Urged to Reject World Bank Water Scheme

2/7/19 Liberation En multipliant les accords migratoires, l'UE repousse ses frontières

2/7/19 Newsweek WHO RECOMMENDS RESCHEDULING CANNABIS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW FOR FIRST TIME IN HISTORY

2/15/19 NRC De strijd van George Soros tegen ‘illiberale neigingen’ in Nederland

2/15/19 De Correspondent In Europa zijn mensen die migranten helpen niet langer helden maar criminelen

2/21/19 Open Democracy Fearless Cities municipalism: experiments in autogestion

2/25/19 Dagbladet Information Forskere: En ny EU-finanspagt skal hjælpe os med at redde klimaet

3/6/19 BBC Burmese လူ့အခွင့်ရေးအခြေနေတွေကို ထောက်ပံ့ပေးရာမှာ မျှမျှတတရှိအောင် ပိုလုပ်ပြဖို့ ရန်ဟီးလီ ပြောဆို စတဲ့ မတ်လ ၆ ရက် မနက်ခင်း သိသင့်တဲ့သတင်းတွေ

3/7/19 Irrawaddy Myanmar Govt, Military Use U.N. Opium Report to Slur Enemies, Shield Allies

3/7/19 UOL Privatizar é ideal? 884 serviços caros e ruins foram reestatizados no mundo

3/7/19 Asia Times UN report on Myanmar opium crop criticized

3/12/19 Al Jadeed "الشراكة" بين الدولة والقطاع الخاص.. أحد الشروط الفرنسية "لإنقاذ" لبنان!

3/12/19 Fin 24 Sifiso Skenjana: Eskom unbundling isn't a silver bullet, and it's riskier than it looks

3/15/19 Follow the Money Maak de energietransitie publiek en rechtvaardig, dat levert zoveel meer op dan schone energie

3/16/19 El Pais ¿Habrá paz para las ‘mujeres de cuello largo’?

3/27/19 CCMA (Catalan Radio) Creen un alcohol sintètic que emborratxa però no fa mal al fetge ni provoca ressaca

4/9/19 The Irrawaddy Meth Use Rising in Myanmar, Thailand, Southern China: Report

4/10/19 Il Manifesto Criminalizza e diffama. Le nuove politiche migratorie

4/15/19 BBC Mundo Qué es el kratom, el suplemento natural que causó la muerte de 91 personas en Estados Unidos en poco más de un año

4/16/19 Publico Los pleitos por el recorte a las renovables costarán 7.000 millones a las arcas públicas

4/17/19 BBC Portuguese O que é kratom, a planta que já matou mais de 90 pessoas nos EUA

4/17/19 G1 Globo (syndicated from BBC story above) O que é kratom, a planta que já matou mais de 90 pessoas nos EUA

4/18/19 VICE These are the Countries Most Likely to Legalize Weed Next

4/18/19 TVI 24 (Portugal) Kratom, a "droga" que está a alertar as autoridades dos EUA

5/15/19 Oslobodjenje Evropa ubrzano raskida sa privatizacijom

5/14/19 Radio France International (en español) Las demandas de los inversores extranjeros le cuestan muy caro a América Latina

5/19/19 Diario y Radio U Chile TPP-11: Cómo han fallado los tribunales de arbitraje frente a las demandas contra Estados de la región

5/30/19 El Confidencial Un funcionario clave en los pleitos renovables monta su despacho de arbitraje

6/4/19 The Guardian Next Bank of England governor must serve the whole of society

6/5/19 Leafly.ca The Biggest Untapped Opportunities in Cannabis According to Industry Insiders

6/6/2019 Público ¿Quién está detrás de la demanda millonaria a España por las renovables?

6/6/19 Mawkun မူးယစ်ဥပဒေသစ် အလုပ်မဖြစ်သေး

6/6/19 Euractiv Leaked report reveals ‘misfunctioning’ of Energy Charter Treaty amid EU reform calls

6/12/19 El Diario (Spain) El poder de las finanzas públicas para el futuro que deseamos

6/13/19 Público España ya pierde en arbitrajes un tercio de lo que 'ahorró' con el recorte a las renovables

6/19/19 Ctxt El capitalismo financiero prepara la recesión 2.0

6/21/19 Público "Las enormes ganancias de las finanzas no han caído del cielo, dañaron hogares, bancos tradicionales, empresas y gobiernos"

6/24/19 Euractiv The Energy Charter Treaty, a case study of ‘business as usual’ in the energy sector

6/26/19 La Marea Finanzas ‘offshore’: cómo gobierna el mundo el capital

7/1/19 BBC Vietnam Tập đoàn dầu khí kiện Việt Nam để tránh đóng thuế 179 triệu đôla

7/1/19 Jornal do comercio A concessão dos metrôs públicos e suas polêmicas

7/4/19 Daily Maverick A different Eskom: Achieving a just energy transition for South Africa

7/5/19 El Universal (México) Aumentan demandas al gobierno Mexicano

7/16/19 jus.com.br O elefante no quarto: drogas e direitos humanos na América Latina (Tradução)

7/17/19 NOS Eén drugsbaron minder betekent vrijwel niets in de War on Drugs

7/25/19 Kompas (Indonesia) Jefri Nichol Ditangkap Bukan Masalah Ganja, tapi Zamannya

7/26/19 The Guardian From Trump to Johnson, nationalists are on the rise – backed by billionaire oligarchs

8/5/19 Brasil Economica Privatiza tudo! Ambicioso, Guedes quer protagonismo com venda de estatais

8/8/19 El Mundo (Spain) Susan George: "España es el único país europeo que se está esforzando en incrementar los salarios"

8/7/19 NRC Europa’s Afrikabeleid militariseert

8/9/19 The Independent The counter-terror chief wants help from sociologists. My findings? Britain must ditch its ruinous foreign policy

8/17/19 ROAR Time has come to nationalize the US fossil fuel industry

8/22/19 Página Siete (Bolivia) “Bolivia necesita invertir para industrializar la hoja de coca”

8/26/19 Gara Los retratos de Macron reaparecen para afearle su verborrea climática

8/29/19 The Economist A global revolution in attitudes towards cannabis is under way

8/26/19 BBC (Portuguese) and republished by many others including UOL Por que quase metade do Brasil não tem acesso a rede de esgoto

8/21/19 BBC (Portuguese) Brasil tem estatais demais? 5 perguntas sobre privatização

9/5/19 Middle East Eye Beyond Prevent: Towards a society without counter-extremism

9/5/19 Open Democracy What could a progressive alternative to the failed “war on terror” look like?

9/5/19 Forbes A Little-Known EU Investor Dispute Treaty Could Kill The Paris Climate Agreement

9/6/19 Trouw Zimbabwaan Shaun Matsheza laat geen traan om Mugabe

9/3/19 Globe and Mail Cannabis in the Americas: It’s time to talk about marijuana policy

9/11/19 Business Insider 16 significant walls dividing people, cities, and countries across the world

9/12/19 Active News Romania Acuzație lansată de un deputat PSD: Băncile străine cumpără masiv pământ românesc. Între două și patru milioane hectare de terenuri agricole au fost „acaparate” pentru speculă

9/18/19 De Groene Amsterdammer Ons nationale drugsprobleem: Een industrie die over lijken gaat

9/28/19 Il Manifesto Tank e cacciabombardieri fanno la guerra al clima

9/20/19 De Volkskrant De zachte hand of keihard neerslaan: hoe bestrijden we de georganiseerde drugscriminaliteit?

9/20/19 El Diario Más allá del muro de Trump: el papel de la industria del armamento en el diseño de las fronteras de EEUU

9/20/19 Salon New report details how greed of "border-industrial complex" fuels militarization and abuse

9/20/19 El Espectador El Espectador le explica: ¿Por qué policías dicen que Holanda se está convirtiendo en un ‘narcoestado’?

9/18/19 La Razon Martin Jelsma: Gracias a Bolivia hoy se debate ‘DDHH en políticas de drogas’

9/17/19 Milenio (TV) La militarizacion en fronteras, Nick Buxton

9/17/19 LA Times Los fabricantes de armas, el actor oculto en la militarización fronteriza

9/16/19 Telemundo La política de Trump en la frontera sur trae "formidables ganancias" a empresas militares

9/17/19 El Heraldo de México Lucran con la migración seguridad nacional de eu dio 85 mil mdd en contratos para vigilar la frontera

10/6/19 Truth Out The US Border Security Industry Could Be Worth $740 Billion by 2023

10/7/19 El Salto Atlas de Utopías 2019: 33 experiencias para caminar hacia un mundo más justo

10/8/19 Brasil de Fato Com piora no serviço, 884 empresas foram reestatizadas no mundo após privatização

10/10/19 Guardian (Nigeria) Labour, activists caution against privatisation of water sector

10/11/19 VICE Qat is ongeveer even gevaarlijk als koffie, toch is het verboden

10/14/19 Le Courier Print version

10/24/19 Mail and Guardian Rage in the twilight of neoliberalism

10/25/19 AFP (and many republished) 30 years after Berlin Wall fell, hard borders are back

10/28/19 The Nation The Amount of Money Being Made Ripping Migrant Families Apart Is Staggering

10/30/19 New York Times (republished by MSN) The Money Farmers: How Oligarchs and Populists Milk the E.U. for Millions

11/1/19 ProPublica (and republished Truthdig and Salon many others) Border Agents Can Now Get Classified Intelligence Information. Experts Call That Dangerous. and Border agents can now get classified intelligence information. Experts call that dangerous.

11/4/19 AFP piece republished here Build that wall! Barriers back 30 years after Berlin Wall and 柏林圍牆倒塌30年 全球圍牆越來越多 and Los nuevos muros 30 años después de Berlín and Build that Wall! Barriers Back 30 Years After Berlin Wall and Os novos muros 30 anos depois de Berlim and Build that Wall! Barriers Back 30 Years After Berlin Wall and Os novos muros 30 anos depois de Berlim and Los nuevos muros 30 años después de Berlín

11/1/19 Myanmar Times Kachin seeks to diversify away from mining and resources

11/4/19 Rappler Duterte is vulnerable

11/5/19 Politico POLITICO Brussels Playbook, presented by Google: We (won’t) always have Paris — New Orban — What’s dear to the austere

11/5/19 ROAR The Business of Building Walls — a new TNI report

11/4/19 The Independent ‘It’s an absolutely corrupt system’: How EU farm subsidies are abused by oligarchs and populists

11/5/19 Republic World Walls Continue To Rise 30 Years After Fall Of Berlin Wall: Report

11/5/19 Chicago Tribune (ES) [Not available in EU] https://www.chicagotribune.com/hoy/ct-hoy-nuveos-muros-despues-berlin

11/5/19 Euronews Europe has built barriers six times the length of the Berlin Wall since 1989

11/5/19 Al Jazeera Arms companies 'rake in billions' as Europe builds new walls

11/6/19 The Nation Nationalism Is Global. The Left Is on the Defensive.

11/7/19 Myanmar Times သယံဇာတအလွန် ကချင်ပြည်နယ် စီးပွားရေးခြေလှမ်း

11/7/19 UDN (Taiwan) 柏林圍牆倒塌30年 民調:東歐人擔憂民主倒退

11/7/19 Mizzima TV (Myanmar) Youtube and ရပ်ဝန်းနှင့်လမ်းအစီအစဉ် (BRI) ကို တရုတ်အစိုးရအနေဖြင့် ထိရောက်စွာထိန်းချုပ်ရန် စိန်ခေါ်မှုရှိနေဟုဆို

11/7/19 La Vanguardia El gran negocio de los nuevos muros que proliferan en Europa

11/11/19 Live Door (Japan) ベルリンの壁崩壊30年 世界で復活する「壁」

11/10/19 Rappler Walden Bello to launch 'Paper Dragons: China and the Next Crash' on November 15

11/10/19 Wired (Italy) L'Europa del 2019 ha muri lunghi più di 6 volte quello di Berlino

11/10/19 El Colombiana Once muros que siguen dividiendo el mundo

11/10/19 El Periodico (Guatemala) Los nuevos muros 30 años después de Berlín

11/9/19 Irrawaddy In Myanmar, China’s BRI Projects Are Old Wine in a New Bottle

11/9/19 Het Parool Print version

11/9/19 Euractiv Europa je na svoje vanjske barijere potrošila više od 2,5 milijardi eura

11/9/19 Andalou Agency Europe builds new 'Berlin walls' against migrants

11/10/19 L'Economiste 30 ans après Berlin, les murs se multiplient

11/9/19 The Nation (Pakistan) Europe builds new 'Berlin walls' against migrants

11/10/19 SBS Australia (ES) Los nuevos muros 30 años después de Berlín

11/9/19 La Jornada Los Muros que se han multiplicado tras la caída del de Berlín

11/9/19 El Periodico El lucrativo negocio del miedo

11/11/19 The Independent ‘Powerful military and security industry’ profiting from dividing Europe 30 years after Berlin Wall fell

11/11/19 El Observador Este artículo lo puede ver en este link: https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/el-mundo-sigue-levantando-muros-a-30-anos-de-la-caida-del-de-berlin-2019111120250

11/18/19 Inquirer (Philippines) Robredo reimagines resistance

11/15/19 Myanmar Times Scrutiny needed to ensure Belt and Road projects are viable, says think-tank

11/18/19 Jacobin Saving Europe’s Bankers, Not Its Workers

11/18/19 Irrawaddy မြန်မာပြည်က BRI စီမံကိန်းများ (သို့မဟုတ်) ပုလင်းသစ်ထဲက ဝိုင်အဟောင်း

11/23/19 Publico El bufete de Santamaría asesora a inversores que reclaman 1.300 millones a España por el recorte de Rajoy a las renovables

11/23/19 El Periodico Un muro, muchos muros, otros muros

11/19/19 Irrawaddy Potential Environmental and Social Impacts of Chinese Mega-Projects in Myanmar Raise Concerns

12/1/19 Arabic Post https://arabicpost.net

12/2/19 Publico España, condenada a pagar 1,6 millones de honorarios del bufete de Santamaría en los litigios por recortes de Rajoy a las renovables

11/30/19 La Vanguardia Un informe de Delàs señala que Frontex cuadruplica su presupuesto en 10 años

12/6/19 Mon News မူးယစ်ဆေးဝါးမူဝါဒဆွေးနွေးပွဲ မော်လမြိုင်တွင် ကျင်းပ

12/6/19 La Jornada 'Toxitour México' recorrerá los sitios más contaminados del país

12/11/2019 La Republica Diritti umani, risveglio o incubo? Ripensare le proteste nell' America andina

12/15/2019 Carta Maior Especialistas debatem economia e segurança dos Estados Unidos em nova configuração geopolítica

12/15/2019 Expreso (Ecuador) El fallido auge del cannabis

12/13/2019 NOS Nederland is een knooppunt voor cocaïnehandel en daar lijkt weinig aan te doen

12/30/2019 The Nation France’s Undocumented Migrants Are Fighting for Their Rights

12/29/2019 AFP ベルリンの壁崩壊30年 世界で復活する「壁」【再掲】

12/28/2019 Irish Times Europe’s conscience drowned in the Mediterranean Sea

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