If Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed another battle will be overAs the US supreme court turns inward, the rest of the world is in turn paying less attention to itSat Oct 06 2018 - 05:00
Ruadhán Mac Cormaic: Macron shines light on France’s dark pastWorld View: Paris at last starts to face up to state’s torture and murder in Algerian warSat Sept 22 2018 - 05:00
New Zealand may hold the key for post-Brexit IrelandRuadhán Mac Cormaic: We can learn a lot from the Pacific nation’s fate in the 1970sSat Sept 08 2018 - 05:00
Kofi Annan era was the UN at its best and its worstDiplomat was last secretary general to seem like a central player in international dramaSat Aug 25 2018 - 05:00
Ruadhán Mac Cormaic: How we failed Sierra Leone in Ebola crisis‘Getting to Zero’ starkly reveals local valour in face of West’s superficial aidSat Aug 11 2018 - 05:00
Eight ways to win a UN election: Vote-trading, bananas and ‘lying bastards’A guide to how Ireland can secure a Security Council seat, and what we need to avoidSat Jul 14 2018 - 05:00
Trump cuts US a bad deal in leaving UN Human Rights CouncilWhile rights body is scarred by hypocrisy, US involvement has always been for the betterSat Jun 30 2018 - 05:00
How the World Cup reflects – and subverts – the world we live inEncouragingly, political leaders’ attempts to leverage the tournament for personal gain tend to end in failureSat Jun 16 2018 - 05:00
Ruadhán Mac Cormaic: Europe’s elites are playing into populists’ handsItalian president’s veto looked like the establishment trying to stymie the will of the peopleSat Jun 02 2018 - 05:00
There can be no Palestinian state without Palestinian policeRuadhán Mac Cormaic: The EU is helping to rebuild a police force on the West BankSat May 19 2018 - 05:00
Homeless since 1948: 70 years since the creation of IsraelRuqayeh (75) was five when shelling forced her from her village. She has not been backSat May 12 2018 - 06:00
Is Trump being played by Kim Jong-un?World View: History suggests North Korea-US rapprochement destined to failSat May 05 2018 - 05:00
Ruadhán Mac Cormaic: Why dictators like electionsSham elections tell autocrats as much about their friends as their enemiesSat Apr 07 2018 - 05:00
Inside the mind of Vladimir Putin: two takes on the Russian presidentShaun Walker charts Putin’s mission to fill the Soviet void; Michel Eltchaninoff traces PutinismSat Mar 24 2018 - 06:00
Dublin cleaving closely to EU middle ground on RussiaIrish slow response to Salisbury attack dictated by interests of other EU statesSat Mar 24 2018 - 05:00
Anti-Semitism is on the march across EuropeWorld View: Front National’s rebranding masks an alarming rise in anti-Jewish sentimentSat Mar 10 2018 - 05:00
Why Macron will struggle to export his revolutionThe French president is looking for Irish parties to join his new European blocSat Feb 24 2018 - 05:00
UN envoy warns of Aleppo repeat after scores killed in SyriaViolence in Ghouta ‘spiralling out of control’ as 250 die in government bombardmentWed Feb 21 2018 - 01:00
Ruadhán Mac Cormaic: The Middle East peace process is dead not stalledIt is time to plan for a new process once Trump leaves officeSat Feb 10 2018 - 05:00
EU should help Tunisia fulfil its Arab SpringStruggling country is shining example to rest of world but needs assistanceSat Jan 27 2018 - 05:00
Israel may shut down its embassy in DublinTo reduce costs, Dublin placed on potential closure list of seven, Israeli paper reportsSun Jan 21 2018 - 18:45
Trump undermines journalists but he does not kill themThe focus on the US president’s threats to the media distracts from deadly challenges elsewhereSat Jan 13 2018 - 05:00
There is no Trump administration – there are severalOn a range of issues, Washington continues to say one thing and do anotherSat Dec 30 2017 - 05:00
Middle East tips towards confrontation after a year of extraordinary upheavalMore conflict looks likely as a stable Iran faces a belligerent Saudi regimeThu Dec 28 2017 - 04:00
The Middle East has a new kingpin: Vladimir PutinUS retreat has allowed Russia to spread its influence on a scale not seen since the collapse of the Soviet UnionSat Dec 16 2017 - 05:00
Why Ireland wants to join the FrancophonieBrexit has shone an unflattering light on Dublin’s relationship-building skillsSat Dec 02 2017 - 05:00
World View: Brexit puts Irish diplomats centre-stageIveagh House excels at big issues such as UN and EU. Brexit will focus its energiesSat Nov 18 2017 - 05:00
Humanitarian aid doesn't come cheapThe professionalisation of aid, and its concentration in a small number of mega-NGOs, has caused its own problemsSat Nov 04 2017 - 05:00
Ruadhán Mac Cormaic: Monoglot Ireland will be at loss post-BrexitTight links to Anglosphere have blinded Ireland to other political and trade avenuesSat Oct 21 2017 - 05:00
Why all of Europe has a stake in Macron’s presidencyWorld View: French leader’s bold initiative may drive the next phase of the EUSat Oct 07 2017 - 05:00
Aung San Suu Kyi unravels her own mythThe weak response from the Nobel laureate to ethnic cleansing of Rohingya is grotesqueSat Sept 23 2017 - 05:00
Halawa acquittal preceded by sustained Irish diplomatic campaignFamily and Government differed on strategy at times during four-year legal sagaTue Sept 19 2017 - 05:35
Why is Ireland silent on the threat to democracy at the heart of Europe?World View: Europe’s leaders remain silent on the authoritarian drift in their ranksSat Sept 09 2017 - 05:00
Government to push for Halawa’s return after Monday verdictSenior figures believe 21-year-old Irish man could be back in Ireland within weeksSat Aug 26 2017 - 01:35
Campaign for UN Security Council must not lurk in shadowsWorld View: UN ethical values must not be neglected in Ireland’s quest for a seatSat Aug 26 2017 - 01:00
Letter to Varadkar reveals strength of feeling among senior judgesLetter regarding planned reforms carries more weight than usual channel partly because it’s so rareFri Aug 18 2017 - 01:00
The case for a feminist foreign policyGender equality is not only a moral imperative, it’s also smart realpolitikSat Aug 12 2017 - 01:00
Donald Trump and the limits of the US constitutionThe president is pushing up against document’s boundaries - and may reveal its flawsSat Jul 29 2017 - 05:00
The Susan Denham way: low-key, principled and effectiveAnalysis: The outgoing Chief Justice has reached the end of a remarkable careerSat Jul 29 2017 - 01:00
Frank Clarke was only name to go to CabinetShane Ross said to be ‘satisfied’ with process for appointing new chief justiceWed Jul 26 2017 - 21:10
Judge with radical edge may take Supreme Court in new directionAnalysis: Ruadhán MacCormaic on what new chief justice Frank Clarke will bring to roleWed Jul 26 2017 - 20:55
Cabinet to pick chief justice from three-judge shortlistChief Justice Susan Denham to step down after six years as head of judiciaryWed Jul 26 2017 - 05:00
Donal O’Donnell: Intellectual heavyweight and innovatorSecond most senior member of Supreme Court seen as socially liberal and elegant writerWed Jul 26 2017 - 05:00
Peter Kelly: Independent judge who stood up to governmentsChief Justice candidate appointed head of High Court in 2015Wed Jul 26 2017 - 05:00
Frank Clarke: Leading judge with influential historyChief Justice candidate has series of important judgments to his nameWed Jul 26 2017 - 05:00
Minister denies bid to extradite Ian Bailey was ‘abuse of process’Charlie Flanagan ‘obliged’ by law to apply for extradition order on foot of European warrantTue Jul 25 2017 - 05:00
Merger talks between Goal and Oxfam collapse without a dealScale and diversity of both aid agencies ‘best served by operating as two distinct entities’Tue Jul 18 2017 - 17:00
No watershed: A botched coup, and Turkey’s slide into authoritarian ruleWorld View: Now unassailable, President Erdogan has purged any and all ‘threats’Sat Jul 15 2017 - 05:32
Legal action would imperil Halawa deal – officialsSimon Coveney told of passport application surge from Britain and Northern IrelandWed Jul 12 2017 - 01:00
Why western liberalism is in big troubleThreat to western idea of progress comes from within, a new book arguesSat Jul 01 2017 - 05:17
