Tag: peace process
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Negotiating with militias and criminal groups: What the Colombian government negotiations with paramilitary groups can tell us about possible peace talks with Clan del Golfo/AGC
Militia and criminal groups in Colombia, excluded from previous peace agreements, have called a ceasefire. The new President Gustavo Petro has vowed to pursue “total peace” with these groups.
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Jubilee reflections: Regal Diplomacy: Elizabeth II and the Northern Ireland Peace Process
In this suite of commentary on the upcoming Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, scholars from the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics reflect on the historical and current significance of Queen’s Elizabeth’s reign. In this second article, Peter McLoughlin explores the Queen’s recent historically symbolic visits to both Northern Ireland and…
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Advice for Colombia from countries that have sought peace – and sometimes found it
After 55 years of civil conflict that killed some 220,000 citizens, Colombia is indubitably on the path to peace. As such, the Conversation Global invited several scholars to reflect on recent peace processes from around the globe and to offer lessons that Colombia could take away from other nations’ transitions from civil war to peace.…
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What does the 23 June mean for Northern Ireland specifically? Legal Perspectives no 2: Peace
In the second of three blogs on the legal implications of a Brexit on Northern Ireland, Professor Dagmar Schiek looks at the role of the EU in the Northern Ireland peace process and highlights the barriers for continuing this process without the common membership of the UK and Ireland in the EU.