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?
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.
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?
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 Brexit, will Northern Ireland return to violence? Dieter Reinisch - December 4, 2019 A resurgent IRA might not be the real danger.
Northern Ireland’s Troubles began 50 years ago. Here’s why they were so violent. Joseph M. Brown and Gordon C. McCord - August 21, 2019 Catholics and Protestants lived side by side — but with very few shared social or economic ties
Northern Ireland’s peace was already in trouble. Brexit is making things harder to fix. Kimberly Cowell-Meyers and Carolyn Gallaher - May 1, 2019 Can Lyra McKee’s shooting bring everyone back to the negotiating table?
How Brexit could kill Northern Ireland’s peace accords Kimberly Cowell-Meyers and Carolyn Gallaher - April 20, 2018 [caption id="attachment_70043" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A billboard in West Belfast, shown Dec.
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
Northern Ireland is in crisis because of a dispute over language Cera Murtagh and Allison McCulloch - March 2, 2018 When Northern Ireland’s nationalists and unionists made peace in 1998,
This is why Irish politicians are frustrated with the U.K.’s Brexit negotiations Neil Dooley - December 5, 2017 As Henry Farrell noted here on Monday, Brexit talks are
This is how some British MPs represent their constituents without ever showing up Mary Nugent - June 9, 2017 [caption id="attachment_59587" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A boy holds a picture of
‘Suspect Device’: The week in one song Christopher Federico - May 2, 2014 The Northern Irish Troubles are back in the spotlight this
'Suspect Device': The week in one song Christopher Federico - May 2, 2014 The Northern Irish Troubles are back in the spotlight this
Cracking Down Paul Staniland - March 29, 2011 In December I published an article in Comparative Political Studies