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After decades of deadly enmity, Libya and the West made a major breakthrough on weapons of mass destruction. How?
The Good Friday Agreement was choreographed 20 years ago to maximise support for the deal.
In a series of short audio clips, four academics talk about the key figures involved in making the Good Friday Agreement of April 1998 possible.
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To mark the 20th anniversary of the agreement that brought peace to Northern Ireland, this episode of the podcast looks at its history, its legacy and the impact of Brexit on its future.
Jeremy Corbyn should heed lessons from his Labour predecessors on immigration policy.
While both parties may have set out to modernise and renew their ideologies, the ALP’s and Labour’s attempts to marry the old and new instead precipitated two separate identity crises.
The West needs to push for local action against Islamic State’s reign of terror in the Middle East. States in the region must find solutions to the conflicts to bring peace and stability.
The notion of an society organised on merit has held Britain in its sway for decades.
The Conservative PM is often seen as a failure, but the odds were stacked against him from the start.
Things could only get better. Or could they?
There’s a good reason why Tony Blair and David Cameron were keen to boast about their footballing allegiances – Theresa May should take note.
The unique parliamentarian who coined the West Lothian question.
The Greek myths teach that pride comes before a fall – something that our leaders, filled with hubris, rarely see before it’s too late.
The posters that have become the voice of protest against Trump.
The rules have changed but the former PM still knows how to play the game.
Brexit and Trump aren’t to blame. The rise of ‘post-truth’ is rooted in the middle-classes, not the masses.
In 2004 the Labour government allowed citizens of the 10 new EU states labour market access. Why did Blair make this decision?
There are striking parallels between Eden’s handling of Suez and Blair’s march into the Iraq War.
Labour reformers toyed with the image of democratic participation without realising what it would actually lead to – a democratic debate. But the next step is not to backpedal against democracy.
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