by Patricia H. Kushlis | Jun 22, 2015 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis I was skeptical about the durability of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement when I first saw the news of its signing. It seemed to be too good to be true. The bitter civil war between the Ulster government and the IRA that had engulfed Northern...
by Charles Cameron | Dec 12, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — on the travails of negotiators & peacemakers ] . I’m thinking of the simple, three-player version of the children’s game called Piggy in the Middle. Two plays face each other and toss a ball back and forth, while a third...