- 05, 03, 2016
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- By ReimaginingEurope
- Katy Hayward, Peace, Reconciliation
Brexit debate risks exacerbating division in Northern Ireland
Katy Hayward, a Senior Lecturer in Sociology in Queen’s University Belfast, looks at how the possibility of Brexit is already exacerbating division in Northern Ireland. She shows that there are few European regions that have benefited quite so evidently from EU membership as Northern Ireland, but that these gains risk being called into question with the possibility of Brexit.
Read More- 12, 10, 2015
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- Forgiveness, Francis Campbell, Peace, Reconciliation
The fragility of European unity
The achievement of a lasting peace between former enemies has undoubtedly been the great success of the European project, but as Sir Francis Campbell explores in this blog this strength has masked a deeper fagility that is slowly being exposed by a series of political and economic crises.
Read More- 11, 20, 2015
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- Caroline Spelman, Forgiveness, Peace, Reconciliation
Reconciling communities
Overall cohesion in a community can bring ‘peace’ amongst the residents, tolerance and understanding. But how is cohesion brought about? Conservative MP Caroline Spelman looks at how we create reconcilied & shared communities locally, and asks whether such a process might assist in reforming the EU?
Read More- 11, 17, 2015
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- Forgiveness, Jonathan Chaplin, Peace, Reconciliation
What is the EU for?
Jonathan Chaplin makes the case that the key referendum question is: do we want to remain part of this ambitious, inspiring – and yes, constantly frustrating – project of transnational justice, or shall we turn inwards to protect our own? Justice, or ‘just us’?
Read More- 11, 12, 2015
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- Forgiveness, Guy Brandon, Peace, Reconciliation
Shalom Europe
Guy Brandon discusses how the EU’s response to the refugee crisis & the Greek debt crisis illustrates that EU has a long way to go before it is at peace. How might a wider understanding of peace as shalom further the EU’s sense of completeness.
Read More- 11, 07, 2015
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- Forgiveness, Jeanrond, Peace, Reconciliation
Remembering in Europe today
Professor Werner Jeanrond questions whether we need to reflect more critically and self-critically on what we do when we remember those whom we care to remember on Remembrance Sunday? How might we be able to remember the casualties of war in a way that furthers the path of peace in Europe?
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