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The cognitive dissonance of Russian sanctions where everyone is apparently expecting someone else to do something about all the evasion

May 16, 2024

The cognitive dissonance of Russian sanctions where everyone is apparently expecting someone else to do something about all the evasion

Are sanctions useful? Well, if the alternative is no sanctions … Blog post by Dr Abel Polese On some occasions, they have forced governments to the ne...

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Gender re-ordering and the Colombian peace agreement

August 1, 2022

Gender re-ordering and the Colombian peace agreement

[This blog post is based on ‘The unspoken red-line in Colombia: Gender reordering of women ex-combatants and the transformative peace agenda’, co-auth...

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The first time you flee war is hard, the second one is easier: a Ukrainian personal Odyssey

July 22, 2022

The first time you flee war is hard, the second one is easier: a Ukrainian personal Odyssey

Abel Polese Fleeing – Kyiv (Ukraine), 24 February, 05:48 AM Escaping your first war is harder than you may think. You hear the bombs from a dist...

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An Historic Northern Ireland Election

May 12, 2022

An Historic Northern Ireland Election

Prof. John Doyle The results of the Northern Ireland Assembly election, which have s...

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[Roundtable] The legacy of 9/11: Community policing in Ireland and Turkey

April 18, 2022

[Roundtable] The legacy of 9/11: Community policing in Ireland and Turkey

To mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the International Master in Security, Intelligence and Strategic Studies (IMSISS), the Jean Monnet Network on EU...

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Challenges to youth engagement, community development and local peacebuilding

April 5, 2022

Challenges to youth engagement, community development and local peacebuilding

Dr Ibrahim Natil UNICEF defines civic engagement as “individual or collective actions in which people participate to improve the well-being of communi...

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Podcast: Introducing the North-South Project

March 22, 2022

Podcast: Introducing the North-South Project

Prof. John Doyle and Aoife Moore As part of the developing debate on possible referenda North and South on Irish unity, Dublin City University is sup...

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Remembering 9/11

March 2, 2022

Remembering 9/11

James Fitzgerald Th...

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