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Video, IACES Annual Lecture 2024, "The EU's Westphalian Mirage and Ireland's Security Coma” by Professor Ben Tonra
Q&A session and Conclusion Remarks We are delighted that UCD Professor Ben Tonra delivered our 2024 Annual Lecture at the Royal Irish...

IACES
Mar 24, 20241 min read


Book launch event with Daniel Mulhall 'Nationalism in Internationalism: Ireland’s relationship with the European Union'
When: Thursday 28 March, 3pm GMT Where: Europe House, 12-14 Lower Mount Street, Dublin 2 (D02 W710) In a highly distinguished career in...

IACES
Mar 14, 20241 min read


In Conversation: Bertie Ahern, former Irish Taoiseach & Dr Giada Lagana
The European Dimension of the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement 8 May 2023 – Royal Irish Academy – 5.00 pm. To commemorate GFA @ 25, the...

IACES
Apr 17, 20231 min read


The Island of Ireland after Five Decades of European Union (EU) Membership
The Island of Ireland after Five Decades of European Union (EU) Membership 25 May 2023 – Press Club Brussels – 5.30 pm. IACES was...

IACES
Mar 16, 20232 min read


IACES Annual Lecture 2023
We were delighted to host Professor Brigid Laffan to deliver our 2023 Annual Lecture at the Royal Irish Academy on Wednesday 8 February...

IACES
Feb 8, 20231 min read


Weaponising history for domestic political agendas - The case of the Western Balkans
The following piece is written by Ambassador Erwan Fouéré - Associate Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Over the...

IACES
Feb 2, 20239 min read


IACES and UACES partnership continued through joint seminar series and Ideas On Europe
We are excited to announce that IACES is today deepening its relationship with UACES through collaboration on the Ideas on Europe...

IACES
Nov 17, 20221 min read


Italy, Monti and Draghi: the case for skilled individual negotiators as catalysts for EU influence?
Marianna Lovato, University College Dublin Much like its men’s national football team – who won the 2020 European Championship only to be...

IACES
Jul 11, 20226 min read


Presidential debates and the evolution of French politics
By Dr Dónal Hassett, University College Cork With the field narrowed to two candidates, incumbent President Emmanuel Macron and...

IACES
Apr 12, 20226 min read


Now is the time to put Wales on the constitutional front foot
Professor Laura McAllister is a Professor of Public Policy and the Governance of Wales at Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre...

IACES
Mar 28, 20224 min read


Sovereignty and Brexit: Irish pragmatism or UK obsoletism?
Mr Pól Ó Duibhir, a retired Principal Officer in the Department of Finance, had ongoing involvement with both EU and Northern Ireland...

IACES
Feb 10, 20225 min read


Europe against Europe: making sense of the intensity and diversity of European economic cooperation
By Prof Laurent Warlouzet, Sorbonne University Europe contre Europe (“Europe against Europe”) aims to make sense of the intensity and...

IACES
Jan 30, 20225 min read


The Serbian Mine Protests: Good for the Goose, but What About the Gander?
by Jelena Radaković, University College Dublin Last week saw large protests in Belgrade and other cities and towns across Serbia....

IACES
Dec 17, 20215 min read


What's happening in Wales, and why it matters in Ireland
Jonathan Evershed, University College Dublin On Monday 23 November, after months of negotiations following the Senedd (Welsh Parliament)...

IACES
Nov 26, 20214 min read


What is happening in Germany?
Dagmar Schiek, University College Cork What is happening in Germany after the elections? Where will the new government lead the country,...

IACES
Nov 2, 20214 min read


IACES Biennial Conference 2021
**Bookings for both in person and online attendance at the conference are via Eventbrite, here.** IRELAND AND THE EUROPEAN UNION: AFTER...

IACES
Nov 1, 20211 min read


Relationships on these islands: the European Union peacebuilding experience
Giada Lagana, Cardiff University Anna Tulin-Brett, NUI Galway Darren Litter, Queen's University Belfast The post Second World War context...

IACES
Aug 17, 20214 min read


Support for the European Union in Ireland remains high, but there’s no room for complacency
Kathryn Simpson, Manchester Metropolitan University On Wednesday 21st April 2021, European Movement Ireland (EMI) launched their annual...

IACES
Apr 26, 20216 min read


Orbán’s Hungary: Illiberal Democracy and the EU
Robert Sata, Central European University Hungary has acquired international notoriety over recent years for leading the wave of...

IACES
Feb 9, 20214 min read
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