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Little Britain

A smaller United Kingdom, finally confined to a single island, could represent the unfortunate but logical culmination of Brexit.

Jeremy Shapiro

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Brexit Mar 27, 2020 Snapshot

Little Britain

A smaller United Kingdom, finally confined to a single island, could represent the unfortunate but logical culmination of Brexit.

Jeremy Shapiro

Brexit Oct 17, 2019 Snapshot

Are Populists Unusually Prone to Political Blunders?

In the DNA of Far-Right Demagogues Is a Blueprint for Their Demise

Lukas Kaelin and Benjamin Kaelin

Brexit Aug 21, 2019 Snapshot

Ireland’s Rocky Road to Unity

The idea of a united Ireland has returned to the political agenda—as much because of Brexit as because of demographic changes under way on the island.

Daniel Finn

Police and unionist protesters in Belfast, December 2013

Ireland May 20, 2019 Review Essay

The Price of Peace in Northern Ireland

“Say Nothing” tells the stories of the Troubles' victims and perpetrators.

Reviewed by Jonathan Stevenson

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Brexit Mar 25, 2019 Snapshot

How Theresa May’s Brexit Deal Collapsed

The Irish backstop isn't just in Ireland.

Brendan O’Leary

An old sign remains from the days of a hard border in front of a disused customs hut on the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland in Carrickcarnon, Ireland, December 2018.

Brexit Mar 29, 2018 Snapshot

Northern Ireland's Brexit Problem

Brexit has exposed the contradictions between the unionist and nationalist gambles in Northern Ireland.

Henry Farrell

Parliament buildings at Stormont is seen at night in Belfast, Northern Ireland, February 2018.

From the Archives Sep 4, 2017 Snapshot

Brexit and the Northern Irish Border

A hard Northern Irish border can only be avoided if London remains within European Union’s customs union.

Henry Farrell

A general view shows the Lifford Bridge, where a customs unit was sited before the Good Friday Agreement, on the exact border between Strabane in Northern Ireland and Lifford in Ireland, August 2017.

Economics Jun 8, 2017 Snapshot

The Lessons of Little States

As the United Kingdom charts its course into its post-Brexit future, its constituent countries should look at other small, developed states for lessons about economic...

Michael O'Sullivan and David Skilling

Post-Conflict Reconstruction Apr 3, 2017 Snapshot

Martin McGuiness' Legacy

Martin McGuinness, the former IRA man and deputy First Minister of Ireland, leaves a complex legacy as a man of war and of peace.

Gary Murphy

Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams helps carry Martin McGuiness' coffin at the latter's funeral in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, March 2017.

Brexit Jun 28, 2016 Snapshot

The Irish Question

The United Kingdom’s historic decision to leave the EU has stunned Brussels and sent shock waves through Europe. The Scottish government has threatened to hold a...

Henry Farrell

A scrabble board spells out Brexit in Dublin, Ireland, May 2016.

Economics Jul 28, 2015 Snapshot

Lending Athens a Pot of Gold

Throughout the Greek bailout drama, Ireland, a small and open economy that completed its own bailout program only two years ago, has stood shoulder to shoulder with...

Stephen Kinsella

Best of 2015 May 31, 2015 Snapshot

There's Something About Marriage

There is something unseemly about a nation putting the civil rights of a historically oppressed minority to a popular vote. Most civilized nations would never conceive...

Omar G. Encarnación

People react as Ireland votes in favor of allowing same-sex marriage in a referendum, in Dublin May 23, 2015.

Post-Conflict Reconstruction Jan 29, 2014 Video

Foreign Affairs Focus: Richard Haass on Northern Ireland

Gideon Rose, editor of Foreign Affairs, sits down with Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Economic Development Oct 1, 2013 Snapshot

Austerity Advances?

Later this year, Ireland will become the first eurozone country to exit its EU-IMF bailout. Some might take that as good news -- proof that austerity worked and that...

Stephen Kinsella

A sign hangs on the railings of the Bank Of Ireland, in central Dublin, November 15, 2010.

Economics Apr 9, 2013 Snapshot

How Thatcher Saved Britain -- And Lost Europe

Margaret Thatcher re-established the United Kingdom as a major force on the international scene. But she failed to see that the best hope for Europe's future was...

Brendan Simms

Economics Dec 4, 2012 Snapshot

How Ireland Got Its Groove Back

For once, Ireland is projecting confidence and implementing painful austerity measures to get its fiscal house in order, which is allowing it to borrow money despite...

Stephen Kinsella

Monetary Issues Dec 13, 2011 Letter From

What the EU Should Learn From Ireland's Austerity Fiasco

Ireland's economic turnaround in the 1980s is generally credited to fiscal measures similar to the ones other European countries are now implementing. But those...

Stephen Kinsella

Ireland April 1957 Essay

Ireland . . . and Where Does She Stand?

John V. Kelleher

Ireland January 1946 Essay

Unneutral Neutral Eire

R. M. Smyllie

War & Military Strategy January 1941 Essay

Ireland Between Two Stools

Ernest Boyd

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