Category: Politics and Democracy
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The Biggest Threat to Republican Control of the House is Not Trump but Congressional Republicans Themselves
Closer inspection of polling trends shows voters are even less favourably disposed to congressional Republicans than they are of the president and his actions says Dr Christopher Raymond.
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There’s a reason why Northern Ireland has been without a government for more than 500 days – Brexit
Brexit has revived the ideologies of Irish nationalism and Ulster unionism, and reignited their most central dispute – continued union with Britain or unification with Ireland says Dr Peter McLoughlin.
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Majority Voting is a Most Ancient, Primitive, Divisive and inaccurate measure of collective opinion
Binary voting is inadequate but in a multi-option vote, the individual can express an accurate viewpoint says Peter Emerson.
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Re-imagining the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement 2.0: Cultivating an emergent future we have not yet dared to imagine
It is time perhaps to wholeheartedly embrace the essential and symbiotic role of each of all three strands of the Belfast Agreement as the DNA of a positive peace says Dr Peter Doran.
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Professorial speech from Rt Hon Peter Robinson
Honorary professor in Peace Studies at Queen’s University, Peter Robinson, delivered his first professorial speech at the university last night, the transcript of which you can read below.
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The Future of Referendums: What Role Should They Play and How Should They Be Conducted?
Ahead of a forthcoming seminar in Belfast, Dr Alan Renwick from the UCL Constitution Unit looks at the role and conduct of referendums in the UK.
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Good Friday Agreement at 20: who really cares about Northern Ireland?
As part of our series of articles marking the anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, Dr Katy Hayward looks at Brexit and the various voices warning of the potential risk it poses to peace in Northern Ireland.
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Good Friday Agreement at 20: protecting the GFA from Brexit: Is the “Backstop” proposal enough?
In the latest article on the Good Friday Agreement, the 20th anniversary of its signing comes at a time when the prospect of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU has raised serious concerns about what ‘Brexit’ will mean for the Agreement and its future implementation says Professor David Phinnemore.
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Good Friday Agreement at 20: NI Bill of Rights 20 years on
The latest podcast from Queen’s Law School is now available online.
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Good Friday Agreement at 20: worth celebrating?
Jonathan Powell, chief government negotiator in Northern Ireland from 1997 to 2007 and one of the architects of the Good Friday Agreement, reflects on how the agreement has served Northern Ireland over the past 20 years.