Diplomatic Relations
National sovereignty vs. the New Green Order
IPN Opinion article
The international environment bureaucracy proposed by EU governments would be bad news for people and the planet
Fake Scare About Fake Drugs
IPN Opinion article
EU pharmaceutical seizures are a good thing for India and for patients
EU's false insecticide fears pose real threat to Africa
IPN Opinion article
The European Parliament has recently agreed to ban scores of pesticides inside Europe on scientifically dubious and highly precautionary grounds. What EU policymakers failed to realise is how this legislation will harm the fight against diseases like malaria abroad.
Zimbabwe's decline did not happen on its own
IPN Opinion article
Although Mugabe is a murderous despot, he understands how to retain power: until Africa's democratically-elected leaders can ignore his rhetoric, Zimbabweans are doomed. But with Barack Obama's inauguration causing a news frenzy all over Africa, he has the opportunity to shame those leaders into action.
EU pesticide ban will raise food prices without improving health, says former government scientist
IPN Press release
"Romantic" AIDS cause diverts needed funds
IPN Opinion article
AIDS advocacy has taken money from diseases that kill more people and are easily cured: we need to redress the balance for the benefit of all poor countries and poor patients. Although average global prevalence is much lower, this imbalance applies even in South Africa and other African countries hard-hit by AIDS.
Lessons from Kenya's stolen election
IPN Opinion article
Amid the reams of reporting and speculation about the Kenyan elections, this Zimbabwean opposition figure shows how his party's experience can be used in a practical way to avoid violence and to shame and pressure governments which have manipulated elections. Outsiders and even Africans are often prone to despair about Africa's future, but David Coltart points to progress in peaceful regime change in a number of countries.
Thailand violates drug patents for its own profit
IPN Opinion article
Thailand claims that its decision to issue compulsory licenses for several western-owned medicines is in the public interest. However, this policy risks increasing already serious resistance to AIDS medicines, with terrible implications for public health.
