UK’s refugees-to-Rwanda plan could undermine Northern Ireland peace Stacie Goddard - December 1, 2023 A contested policy to send asylum seekers who arrive in the U.K. to Rwanda could rattle the Good Friday agreement.
Northern Ireland is politically divided. Maybe that’s changing. Cera Murtagh - June 13, 2022 A nonaligned party is winning voters from both sides
A Sinn Fein win in Northern Ireland could bring big changes Kimberly Cowell-Meyers and Carolyn Gallaher - May 5, 2022 What might happen to political power sharing — and calls for Irish reunification?
Northern Ireland’s borders are stirring up trouble again Dermot Hodson - November 18, 2021 Why is Boris Johnson threatening to scrap the agreement that he negotiated?
Ulster loyalists are burning buses and cars in Belfast, thanks to Brexit Kimberly Cowell-Meyers and Carolyn Gallaher - April 13, 2021 Here’s how the U.K. decision to leave the E.U. upset Northern Ireland’s fragile peace
People are talking up the prospects of a united Ireland. It’s easier said than done. Kimberly Cowell-Meyers and Carolyn Gallaher - March 16, 2021 Sinn Fein might say that’s what it wants, but working out the details won’t be easy.
U.S. officials are talking about urban warfare. Here’s what urban warfare really involves. Margarita Konaev and Kirstin J.H. Brathwaite - June 4, 2020 How do you ‘mass and dominate the battlespace’ in a U.S. city?
Northern Ireland reforms ‘ethnic veto’ to help get its legislature back to work Drew Mikhael and Allison McCulloch - January 18, 2020 It’s a sign that Sinn Fein and the Unionists are losing ground to middle-of-the-road parties
After 3 years, Northern Ireland’s legislators have finally gone back to work. What happened? Kimberly Cowell-Meyers and Carolyn Gallaher - January 17, 2020 Here’s what brought Sinn Fein and the Unionists back together — and what could tear them apart again.
After Britain’s elections, people are talking about a united Ireland. Don’t hold your breath. Henry Farrell - December 13, 2019 Ireland’s government doesn’t really want it.