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Citizens’ assemblies helped Ireland move from conflict to consensus
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Citizens’ assemblies helped Ireland move from conflict to consensus

Citizens’ assemblies helped Northern Ireland transform a violent past into today’s deliberative politics. Ambassador Fergal Mythen traces the arc from the New Ireland Forum (1983–84) through national roadshows and town halls to today’s independent citizens’ assemblies, processes that fed into parliament, broadened public understanding, and built “losers’ consent.”

​A woman walks past the Belfast peace wall on September 30, 2019.
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Twenty years since the IRA put down its guns: What’s changed in Northern Ireland?

Twenty years ago, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) agreed to lay down their weapons and end its armed campaign to achieve a united Ireland free of British rule.

​First Minister Michelle O'Neill during an interview with PA Media, on the day Ms O’Neill became Northern Ireland's first nationalist First Minister. Saturday February 3, 2024
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Northern Ireland names first Sinn Fein leader

After two long years, Northern Ireland once again has a functioning government – and in a historic move, it has named Michelle O’Neill as the first-ever First Minister from Sinn Fein.

The Stormont Parliament Buildings in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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A breakthrough in Northern Ireland?

The Democratic Unionist Party, Northern Ireland’s largest pro-UK party, says it has cut a deal that allows the government to function after two years of political paralysis – but the EU, whose Brexit deal is at stake, is watching closely.

Pro- and ant-Brexit protesters on a backdrop of a Northern Irish flag
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25 years later, is Brexit unraveling Northern Ireland’s delicate peace?

The stability of Northern Ireland has been thrown into question as a result of Brexit-induced bedlam.

Gang members wait to be taken to their cell after 2000 gang members were transferred to the Terrorism Confinement Center, in Tecoluca, El Salvador. Handout distributed March 15, 2023.
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What We’re Watching: El Salvador’s lingering state of emergency, Northern Ireland on alert, Alibaba’s breakup, Greek election matters

El Salvador’s state of emergency one year later; Fears of domestic terror attack in Northern Ireland; Alibaba breaks up … itself; Greek PM calls spring election

India's G-20 agenda overshadowed by Ukraine war
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India's G-20 agenda overshadowed by Ukraine war

What was the outcome of the foreign ministers meeting of the G-20 countries here the other day? Is the Brexit story over? Carl Bildt, former prime minister of Sweden, shares his perspective on European politics from Delhi, India.

Northern Ireland trade deal ends Brexit but not UK's economic woes
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Northern Ireland trade deal ends Brexit but not UK's economic woes

Will the UK finally move past Brexit now that a Northern Ireland trade deal has been resolved? Will recent violence in the West Bank escalate into something more? Why are Mexicans protesting AMLO's electoral law change as well? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.

A mock customs post is set up with protesters from border communities between Ireland and Northern Ireland against Brexit.
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What We’re Watching: End of Brexit? No, US-India tech alliance, Czechs checking China

What We’re Watching: End of Brexit? No, US-India tech alliance, Czechs checking China

A woman looks out of a window displaying a campaign banner of Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Ramla, Israel.
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What We’re Watching: Elections loom in Israel & Northern Ireland, Elon Musk rules Twitterverse

Israelis to vote in their fifth election since 2019, Northern Ireland is headed for a snap election, and Elon Musk now runs Twitter.