De Chastelain, John(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2001)
This paper examines the impact that the decommissioning of paramilitary arms has had, and continues to have, on the Northern Ireland peace process. It selects the beginning of the paramilitary group ceasefires in 1994 as ...
Byrne, Siobhan(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2009)
When we take the experiences of women seriously, the lessons that we can draw from the Northern Ireland peace process for future peace tracks in the Middle East
are not necessarily the same lessons that are highlighted ...
A Political Perspective:
This paper explores the role of the Irish government in advancing the peace process in the years leading up to the ceasefires of 1994. As Taoiseach since 1992, Albert Reynolds had brought his own ...
Reid, John; Dorr, Noel(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2001)
One of the lessons to be drawn from the history of Northern Ireland is the need for unionists to be involved in the peace process: unionist opponents of the agreement, however sincere, are only undermining the long term ...
This article argues the crucial stage to the success or failure of a peace agreement is the implementation stage because it is at this stage that the agreement becomes subject to political forces which have not been involved ...
Farrington, Christopher(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2004)
A number of authors have argued that civil society was important in bringing about political change in Northern Ireland in 1998. Through the Opsahl Commission in 1992 and the ‘Yes’ Campaign in 1998, civil society offered ...
Guelke, Adrian(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2010)
A common feature of comparisons of Northern Ireland and South Africa prior to
South Africa's transition and the Northern Ireland peace process was the siege
mentality of the dominant communities in the two societies. The ...
Cowan, Brian(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2001)
The Good Friday Agreement represents in an important sense the triumph of politics over darker forces in Irish society. Rather than seeking to define the contours of a final settlement, it lays out the ground rules in ...
Guelke, Adrian(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2002)
The paper examines the impact of two major events in the international system on the peace process: the end of the Cold War and the attack on America on 11 September 2001. The thesis first advanced by Michael Cox that ...
This paper explores the vital role played by the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) in the formulation of a new political discourse and conceptual approach to the Northern Ireland problem. In particular, it shows ...