Irish Foreign Policy
Book Details
Published by GILL Education
April 2012
Paperback / softbackNumber of pages: 304
ISBN: 9780717152643
An authoritative textbook presenting major themes and analysis of Irish foreign policy in a contextual framework of history, political science, economics and international relations. The first contemporary and authoritative textbook presenting major themes and analysis of Irish foreign policy within a contextual framework of history, political science, economics and international relations.
* Structured along the traditional lines of comparative foreign policy.
* Introduces the historical context and presents the policy-making processes and actors.
*Themed chapters address context, contemporary policy issues and future challenges in relation to Ireland’s foreign policy across a number of critical areas.
* Discusses the challenges posed to Ireland’s foreign policy in the international system and through its membership of the European Union.
* Case studies that focus on a specific period or issue are used throughout the text and are illustrating the larger themes within Irish foreign policy.
* Written in an open and accessible style by leading academic analysts and practitioners of Irish foreign policy.
About the authors
Michael Kennedy
Michael Kennedy is the Executive Editor of the Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series. Previously, he lectured in Modern and Irish History at Queen's University Belfast. He received his PhD from University College Dublin in 1994. He is co-editor of Documents on Irish Foreign Policy, volumes I to IX. Dr Kennedy is the author and editor of a wide range of books and articles on Irish diplomatic and military history. He is a member of the Irish Manuscripts Commission, a Research Associate of the Centre for Contemporary Irish History, Trinity College, Dublin and a Visiting Professor at Liverpool Hope University. He was formerly an adjunct Professor of History at University College Dublin. He is a regular commentator on radio and television on modern history and current affairs.
Ben Tonra
Ben Tonra is Associate Professor of International Relations at the UCD School of Politics and International Relations. He has published on Irish foreign policy and EU foreign security and defence policy.
John Doyle
Prof. John Doyle is Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in DCU and the founding Director of the Institute for International Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction (IICRR). He has been the lead PI on two Marie Curie European Training Networks on the post-Soviet region (TENSIONS AND CASPIAN) and has taken part in several studies of comparative peace processes, including two EU funded projects, which brought academics from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan together for a series of workshops, in New Delhi, Brussels and at DCU, examining both European examples such as Northern Ireland and the Balkans and South Asian cases including Kashmir, Sri Lanka, Nepal, the Indian North East and Afghanistan. He is Editor of Irish Studies and International Affairs and his work on conflict resolution and foreign policy has also been published among other places in the Journal of Common Market Studies, International Peacekeeping and Ethnopolitics.
Noel Dorr
Noel Dorr is a former secretary-general of the Department of Foreign Affairs and served as the Irish ambassador to the United Kingdom and the United Nations. He is a Member of the Royal Irish Academy and the former Chairman of the Academy's Committee on International Affairs. He has published widely on Irish foreign policy.
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