Terrorism is one of the most significant security threats that we face in the twenty-first century. Not surprisingly, there is now a plethora of books on the subject, offering definitions …
The exposure of two senior republicans as informers for British intelligence in 2005 led to a popular perception that the IRA had'lost'the intelligence war and was pressurised into …
M Flavin - Terrorism and political violence, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This paper surveys leadership in the Provisional IRA and Sinn Féin in The Troubles (1968– 1998), using four typologies to frame its analysis: position-based leadership; person-based …
B O'Leary - Beyond the Good Friday Agreement, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
The Good Friday or Belfast Agreement was reached just over 20 years ago. This article introduces a special issue devoted to appraising its subsequent trajectory. It provides a brief …
Assesses Irish republicanism's strategic process of moderation, from violence to peace and powerIRA violence and Sinn Féin's revolutionary politics plagued Northern Ireland for 30 …
Recruited by British Intelligence to infiltrate the IRA and Sinn Féin during the height of the Northern Ireland Troubles, they were 'agents of influence'. With codenames like INFLICTION …
Why do militant groups decide to escalate or deescalate their use of violence in conflict? Examining the case of the “Troubles” in Northern Ireland, we analyze groups that adopt …
M McGlinchey - Small Wars & Insurgencies, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In April 2019, a so-called 'dissident'republican New IRA gun-man killed journalist Lyra McKee, whilst firing at police during a riot in Derry in the North of Ireland. The New and …
This is a wide-ranging analysis of the internal dynamics of Irish republicanism between the outbreak of'the Troubles' in 1969 and the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. Engaging a vast …