Famed for his role in South Africa’s constitutional design, Nicholas ‘Fink’ Haysom dedicated his life to justice and diplomacy across the globe.

China consumes around 90% of Iran’s oil exports, so could be forced to rely on alternative suppliers – particularly Russia, says Adam Hanieh of the Soas Middle East Institute

The war launched against Iran by the United States and Israel is a war of choice and of hubris. There is scarcely even...

YouTube video by Nantes Université

The far-right label is not easily applied in China, but nevertheless there is a rising tide of xenophobia, militaristic nationalism, racism, anti-feminism, and social conservatism in Chinese online di...

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

Trump's destructive foreign policy not only reveals the emptiness of the liberal 'rules-based order', but announces a new approach built on military might and open corporate power.

Nick Srnicek on Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI. A deep exploration of the political economy of AI: the fulcrum of the authoritarian tech oligarchy—and of global contests for economic ...

Growth in the US economy – and the president’s political survival – rest on AI. The EU must use its leverage and stand up to him, says the Irish Council for Civil Liberties’ Johnny Ryan

From calling for Tony Blair to be tried to defending Gaza, Geoffrey always fought for everyone to have the rights they deserved

Remembering Peter Weiss

Peter and his family—particularly his wife Cora and his father-in-law Samuel Rubin—were involved in the Transnational Institute from its very beginning. His vision, guidance, perseverance, and support...

There’s a revolution occurring in how war and conflict are waged. New data-intensive systems are being developed; battlefields are testing grounds for a new generation of tech; and commercial tech…

Voor de PVV-kiezer is er ook deze campagne geen twijfel mogelijk: opnieuw staat migratie met stip op één als reden om op Geert Wilders te stemmen. Dat hij door veel partijen is uitgesloten van regerin...

The outcome of Indonesia's negotiations with the US as announced by Donald Trump on 16 July- which includes an agreement to reduce Indonesia's reciprocal tariffs by 19%- is far from “beneficial”. TNI’...

Giants like Google, Microsoft, Meta and Amazon have gone from avoiding any involvement in the military industry to signing large contracts with the Pentagon and Israel

Over half of minerals designated as ‘critical’ by UK play no major role in the green transition - and are driven in a large way by militarisation.

Door Djuna Farjon en Guus Geurts.

Subscribers // by Boris Kagarlitsky & Alexey Sakhnin (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, August 2025)

Vice President J.D. Vance and Elon Musk are among Thiel's Silicon Valley collaborators that now find themselves in Trump's D.C. circle.

Despite severe restrictions on political prisoners, Boris Kagarlitsky continues to analyse global developments. Here, he offers a sharp and often ironic reflection on the dynamics behind Trump’s retur...

The Netherlands was Israel’s largest nominal investor in 2023, and also the main European destination for Israeli capital, largely thanks to financial flows routed through Amsterdam’s Zuidas business ...

Verkiezingen: Een centrumrechts kabinet van VVD, CDA en D66: dat is het doel van Stem voor Stabiliteit. Het initiatief werd gestart door ondernemers uit de media- en reclamewereld. „De waarheid ligt i...

The rules of the institutions that define our lives bend like reeds when it comes to Israel – so much that the whole global order is on the verge of collapse

The company’s turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations.

EU politicians are presenting green hydrogen as a win-win fuel, claiming it will lead to low-carbon industrialisation in the Global South while decarbonising economies in Europe. The reality on the gr...

In the first instalment of a major contribution to the reconceptualization of a post-capitalist social order, Aaron Benanav marshals insights from a long century of socialist thought and practice—Cabe...

Here is the text of a joint letter from 11 jailed Russian dissidents, issued to international leaders via Reuters.

Een olieraffinaderij van ExxonMobil in Rotterdam. Foto: AD

The alliance’s spending surge will prompt war, cut services and worsen the climate crisis.