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British Politics
1999, Vol. 1998/1999 No. 1
The Good Friday Agreement
By Alison McCartney
Published by Interstate - Journal of International Affairs
The current political climate in the United Kingdom is very much of devolution to regional governments, whether it is in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland or even in England.  The process of devolution in Northern Ireland has emerged from... Read Article »
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United Kingdom
1999, Vol. 1998/1999 No. 1
The Irish Presidential System
By Jason T. Williams
Published by Interstate - Journal of International Affairs
The role of President was laid out in the Irish Constitution (Bunreacht na hÉireann) of 1937 with the first elections to the position being held in 1938.  The role is defined in articles 12-14 of Bunreacht na hÉireann as being... Read Article »
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British Politics
1999, Vol. 1998/1999 No. 1
Why Being Third Isn't Good Enough: A Critique of the 'Third Way'
By Peter Hand
Published by Interstate - Journal of International Affairs
With the election of Tony Blair to Downing Street in May 1997, there was indeed a great deal of anticipation as to what exactly this ‘New’ Labour government would do to put some life back into Britain. Ever since the jubilation&rsquo... Read Article »
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British Politics
1999, Vol. 1998/1999 No. 1
Is the House of Lords Dead?
By James Ware
Published by Interstate - Journal of International Affairs
With my visit last May to the Palace of Westminster with my Boroughs Youth Council to ‘grill’ or be brainwashed (depending on your degree of cynicism) by John McDonnell MP, The Hillingdon Youth Council saw the ‘Green’... Read Article »
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British Politics
1999, Vol. 1998/1999 No. 1
The Future Of The British Monarchy
By James T. Williams
Published by Interstate - Journal of International Affairs
In this article I intend to examine the question of whether the Monarchy has a role in Britain’s future. In order to answer this question it is first important to define what exactly is the role of the Monarch in Britain today and then... Read Article »
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European Politics
1999, Vol. 1998/1999 No. 1
Britain And The European Union
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When Great Britain joined the European Union in 1973 (then referred to as the European Community) many expected the British common Law system to clash with the European Law system, which is mainly based on its continental predecessors, in particular... Read Article »
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British Politics
1999, Vol. 1998/1999 No. 1
Q&A with Ted Rowlands MP
By Alexandros Karides
Published by Interstate - Journal of International Affairs
On the 14th of October 1998, Mr. Ted Rowlands, Labour MP for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhynmey, gave a brief talk on the Foreign Affairs Select Committee of which he is a member and took questions from students and staff of the International Politics... Read Article »
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International Relations
1999, Vol. 1998/1999 No. 1
What Do We Do With Pinochet?
By Isaac Bigio
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On October 16, twenty five years after he took power in the September 1973 coup, Augusto Pinochet was detained in London. This episode had produced a series of conjectures and strange turns amongst political circles. What we have to do with... Read Article »
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International Development
1999, Vol. 1998/1999 No. 1
Breaking Third World Debt
By Robyn Munn
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Imagine if your student loan determined every decision you made in your entire life… Imagine if you owed 30 times more than you could ever earn in a lifetime…. Difficult to imagine because if this situation happened in a developed... Read Article »
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Intelligence
1999, Vol. 1998/1999 No. 1
Are Intelligence Failures Inevitable?
By William Thomas
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The “Great Game”, as Rudyard Kipling famously referred to the art of Intelligence, is a “game” that comes with a large slice one of chance, and just like any other game there is as much chance of losing as there is of... Read Article »
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Space Exploration
1999, Vol. 1998/1999 No. 1
The Final Frontier: Space Exploration and Politics
By Jeremy Blackburn
Published by Interstate - Journal of International Affairs
It is now fourteen years after Ronald Reagan’s infamous ‘Star Wars’ speech, a speech that forecast American space superiority above all other world powers, based on the Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI). Yet it was this program... Read Article »
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