Northern Ireland & the nature of armed conflicts (52min)

The Irish Republican Army has announced an end to its armed campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland. Does this transition have implications for other longstanding conflicts? Political scientists John McGarry and Shelley Deane join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion.

Deane, Visiting Professor, Department of Government and Legal Studies, Bowdoin College, is author of Northern Ireland and the Divided World.

McGarry, Canada Research Chair in Nationalism and Democracy, Queen's University, Ontario, is working on the book Bargaining Peace: Negotiating Agreements and Security Pacts, the Israel-Palestinian and Northern Irish Cases Considered.