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?
European soccer championships got tangled up in a fight over LGBTI rights. Who won? Phillip Ayoub - June 30, 2021 Trying to shame a country for its stance on LGBTI rights can backfire
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.
Police reforms helped bring peace to Northern Ireland Kimberly Cowell-Meyers and Carolyn Gallaher - June 17, 2020 Crime rates have dropped. And many Catholics no longer see the police as a hostile force.
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
The U.K. is voting — again. Here are 4 possible ways the parliamentary election could go. Paul Whiteley, Matthew Goodwin, Marianne Stewart, and Harold Clarke - November 11, 2019 Keep your eyes on Nigel Farage.
Amílcar Cabral’s life as a Pan-Africanist, anti-colonial revolutionary still inspires Kim Yi Dionne - June 20, 2019 He was a prolific scholar — and also masterminded the end of Portuguese rule in two African nations
Announcing the 6th annual TMC African Politics Summer Reading Spectacular! Laura Seay and Kim Yi Dionne - May 31, 2019 Here’s the reading schedule. Join us!
Chinese leaders tried before to assimilate the Uighurs. This time it might face less resistance. Justin Jacobs - October 31, 2018 [caption id="attachment_79596" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Chinese military police attend an anti-terrorist
China-U.S.-Taiwan relations are in choppy waters. Here’s what’s going on. Scott Kastner - April 30, 2018 [caption id="attachment_72796" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A Chinese armed helicopter engages in a
20 years after the Good Friday Agreement, few people recognize how Northern Ireland’s religious leaders helped bring peace Nukhet Sandal - April 10, 2018 [caption id="attachment_71995" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Martin McGuinness, the Sinn Fein chief
Two myths about nationalism and anti-Semitism in Ukraine Taras Kuzio - August 1, 2016 [caption id="attachment_44640" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Voters show their Ukrainian passports as
Here are the 5 things you need to know about the deadly fighting in Nagorno Karabakh John O’Loughlin and Gerard Toal - April 6, 2016 [caption id="attachment_38644" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Mobile artillery units of the Nagorno-Karabakh
The Brussels attacks are exposing Europe’s identity crisis. Here’s how - March 23, 2016 [caption id="attachment_37791" align="aligncenter" width="908"] A mourner places a candle next
Vladimir Putin: Ethnic Russian Nationalist Kimberly Marten - March 19, 2014 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] A staff person watches a