Stepanakert. Summer. It is hot. I am waiting for a bus. I see a woman coming to the bus stop with heavy bags in hands. She asks how long she should wait for the next bus to come. I answer that this bus arrives every 20 minutes. She looks tired, her face sunburnt and hands […]
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ARMENIA AT THE CENTRE OF THE INFORMATION WARFARE
Armenia is currently in the midst of an information war. Information warfare does not only concern Armenia since numerous societies across the globe currently debate how to manage the consequences of it. Although modern technology has created greater access to information, it has also eased the flow of false information, propaganda and manipulation. The use […]
NEIL JARMAN ABOUT THE CHALLENGES NORTHERN IRELAND FACES AFTER THE PEACE AGREEMENT
After peace was established in Northern Ireland in 1998 putting an end to decades of violence the society faced a different type of challenges. Neil Jarman, CEO of the Institute of Conflict Research based in Belfast since 1996 thinks that their essence has been actually implementing the key strands of the agreement. He believes […]
THERE WERE RELIGIOUS OVERTONES IN THE NORTHERN IRELAND CONFLICT, BUT IT WAS POLITICAL IN NATURE – ALEXANDER ATTWOOD
Whilst I will make some comments about how we’ve gone bad in Northern Ireland in recent times, nothing should lead away from the fact that Northern Ireland is a far, far better place now than it has been at any time during my life and that’s nearly 60 years. The end of violence, the creation of the political agreement of 1998 and all the opportunities that came with that are immense and nothing should ever diminish what it is that we as a people have achieved