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Civil society tends to become a sort of artificial reservoir for an endangered species: the democratic intellectual, protected by the international institutions

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Paul Arthur

Paul Arthur is professor in the school of history and international affairs at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland. Among his books are The People’s Democracy 1968-73 (Blackstaff Press, 1974) and Special Relationships: Britain, Ireland and the Northern Ireland Problem (Blackstaff Press, 2000).

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The end of the IRA's 'long war'

The Irish Republican Army has declared a commitment to “exclusively peaceful means” in its campaign against the British state. Paul Arthur explains how long-term political strategy and short-term crisis has produced an uncertain peace.

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