The UK-EU Clash Over Northern Ireland will have Grave Consequences

February 10, 2021

Get your retaliation in first,” is a cynical old saying in Northern Irish politics that means you hit your opponent whenever you can without waiting for a provocation. It neatly captures the violent t…

The Irish Republican Brotherhood: A Forerunner of the Irish Republican Army

May 28, 2020

History

One of the most controversial, influential, and well-known revolutionary organizations in the world was the Irish Republican Army (the IRA) considered to be both patriotic and terrorist. The Fenians J…

The Rise of Sinn Féin: Dissecting Ireland’s Elections and the State of the Nation

February 22, 2020

Opinion

In the Republic of Ireland, among the most notable outcome from last week’s general election outcome was a substantial rise in popularity for the left-leaning party, Sinn Féin, whose standing rose by …

Ireland Needs to Prepare for a Border Poll & Plan for Reunification; the Alternative could be Chaos

August 6, 2019

Opinion

With Boris Johnson laser-focused on delivering a crash-out, no-deal Brexit in October, Ireland needs to stop the foot-dragging and wishful thinking and begin preparing for a border poll and potential …

What Past Civil Wars Tell Us About the Future of Syria

May 8, 2019

Opinion

When Syrian government soldiers first recaptured the small village of Deir Hafar from Isis in 2017, they found the black-painted but hurriedly abandoned Islamic “court” strewn with piles of docum…

The Ghosts of Northern Ireland’s Violent Past Haunt Brexit

April 11, 2019

Opinion

Watching the Brexit vaudeville show from far away, I can’t but remember my days as Belfast correspondent of The Times. The early 1970s were among the nastiest, violent and most dangerous of years…

Inside Information Research Department, the UK Cold War ‘Fake News’ Factory

July 26, 2018

Opinion

In January, it was announced the UK government would launch the National Security Communications Unit, a dedicated organization to counter the growth of ‘fake news’ with disinformation of its own. Whi…

How Secular Is the West? The U.S., Britain, Australia… Secular Nation States, “So Help Me God”??

March 24, 2018

Opinion

Of late there have been quite a number of know-it-all ‘academics’ ‘political analysts’ dollar earning civil society coming forward promoting the displacement of Buddhism enshrined in Article 9 to be r…