Transnational Institute
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| Abbreviation | TNI |
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| Established | 1974 |
| Founded at | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Type | NGO |
| Coordinates | 52°23′02″N 4°52′48″E / 52.3839918°N 4.8801102°E |
Executive Director | Fiona Dove |
| Website | www |
The Transnational Institute (TNI), is an international non-profit research and advocacy think tank that was founded in 1974 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[1] According to their website, the organization promotes a "... just, democratic and sustainable world."[2]
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 Institute for Policy Studies.[1]
In 1976 the director of the institute (Orlando Letelier) was assassinated by the Chilean secret police as ordered by Augusto Pinochet.[3][4]
Pauline Tiffen is chair of the supervisory board of the TNI.[5]
Fiona Dove is the executive director of TNI. Susan George was TNI's honorary President[6][7] until her death in 2026.
The members of the institute are involved in the civil society and the associative life of their respective countries. Based in Amsterdam, the permanent team of TNI consisted of twenty nine people in 2021.[8]
