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IPN Opinion article

August 11, 2006
"Economic performance is in a country's direct control, not dependent on variables such as natural resources, climate, size, race, culture or arable land, nor on external factors such as colonial history, foreign aid or tariff barriers. Poor countries do not face any special barrier to growth: the poor get poorer only when they have poor policies..."

IPN Opinion article

August 2, 2006
The World Trade Organization was expected to rule Tuesday against European Union barriers to GM foods. But this will not help millions of starving Africans get cheap and reliable crops: EU regulation-creep will keep them firmly in their place.

IPN Opinion article

July 14, 2006
Ahead of the St Petersburg G8 meeting, taking place on 15-17 July, Alec van Gelder questions Russia's presence in a club of industrialised democracies.

IPN Opinion article

July 12, 2006
What is the defining line between a civilized and uncivilized country? In my own experience in Turkey since Nov. 19, it is freedom of expression: I have been accused of treason in the press and suspended from my university for defending the common values of civilization and re-evaluating Turkey's history.

IPN Opinion article

June 30, 2006
Alberto Saracho, Executive Director of Fundacion IDEA in Mexico discusses the implications of the July 2nd Mexican Presidential elections. Making sure the right policies are put in place is a matter of "boom or bust" for Mexico.

IPN Opinion article

June 23, 2006
This article assesses centralised urban planning by government bureaucrats, as this week's World Urban Forum, held in Vancouver, Canada draws to a close.

IPN 
Press release

May 23, 2006
A ‘chilly war’ has already begun, says Putin’s former advisor, in which the very basic pillars of Western society are at stake.

IPN Opinion article

May 23, 2006
"A far larger battle looms over the survival of the West's basic institutions, such as the market economy, liberal democracy and human rights, which have been developed and preserved over centuries and made the West what it is. St Petersburg is the first serious public test of whether Western leaders are serious about defending these institutions or whether they will bow to the caprices of the new energy tsars."