Jonathan Powell on preparations for peace-making in Ukraine
Tony Blair’s former chief-of-staff says lessons from the Good Friday Agreement can help bring peace
The 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement this month should remind us that even the most intractable conflicts can eventually be resolved by negotiation. Northern Ireland was believed to be insoluble. No one could foresee a zone of possible agreement that could satisfy the Irish Republican Army (IRA), the Protestant Unionists and the British government. But there was one.
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