Author: Prof Katy Hayward
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How does the lack of agreement in Northern Ireland bode for Brexit?
“Any future bespoke arrangements for post-Brexit Northern Ireland will need to include models that work both at the high level of governance and at the ground level of technical application.”
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The Irish Border as a Customs Frontier after Brexit
When the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, the status of its land border with the Republic of Ireland will inevitably change says Dr Katy Hayward.
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A hard Irish border is quite possible, a frictionless one is an oxymoron
The prospects for frictionless and invisible solutions for the Irish border after Brexit are limited. Dr Katy Hayward outlines a practical summary of the difference that would be made by a hard Brexit to the movement of goods across the Irish border.
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Northern Ireland’s complexity is its strength
Brexit negotiations make it a testbed for the EU’s flexibility and the UK’s resilience and a renewal of the multilayered 1998 Agreement is the best way forward says Dr Katy Hayward.
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Bored of borders already? Building “The Wall” is only the start.
Dr Katy Hayward looks at the growing interest into all things border-related and asks why have borders become the latest political obsession?
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The EU’s approach to Northern Ireland recognises legitimacy of both British and Irish nationalisms
In the looming shadow of Brexit, it is the potential loss of the EU’s accommodation of nationalism, not its transcendence, that will be most missed, says Dr Katy Hayward.
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The spectre of a hard border is not just an Irish problem, it looms across Europe
Following the recent referendum on UK membership of the EU, negotiators aim to avoid a new “hard border” between Northern Ireland and Ireland. However, as Dr Katy Hayward suggests, their efforts will inevitably be shaped by a wider trend that has seen a tightening of border security around and within the EU.