"Freedom to Think: The Long Struggle to Liberate our Minds", by Susie Alegre, out on 7th April
Freedom to Think: The Long Struggle to Liberate our Minds draws on TPP Associate Susie Alegre’s 25 years as an international lawyer working on human rights and the rule of law internationally. It explores the ways that the law responds to threats to our freedom of thought with examples of responses to propaganda in Rwanda and Myanmar, the manipulation of voters in electoral processes, the power of disinformation and the use of technology in criminal justice processes in India and the UK. Highlighting the risks of developments in technology, AI and neuroscience for our inner freedom, the book is a timely call to remember why human rights matter to all of us and what we need to do to make them effective.
Policy and Practice Brief 21: Pathways of Change
Our new Policy and Practice Brief by TPP Directors Gareth Williams and Neil McCulloch sets out the Pathways of Change framework, a practical link between political economy analysis and action. Using examples from Ghana and Thailand, it shows how external partners can support change driven by domestic actors, based on a realistic analysis of how change might happen.
Can we still achieve peace?
On the day US troops formally withdrew from Iraq, TPP Principal Niki Palmer asks if we can still achieve peace and suggests how to improve peacebuilding interventions.
Podcast: Subsidies and Social Protection - Reforms for a Sustainable Transition
Why are subsidies so difficult to reform, even when more effective alternatives exist? In this podcast by Socialprotection.org, TPP Director Neil McCulloch examines the political, institutional and economic challenges that have made subsidy reform one of the most complex issues in social policy.