The peace process in Northern Ireland, and the U.S. policy in Afghanistan, with Ohio Wesleyan International Relations Professor and OSU Mershon Center for International Security Studies Associate Sean Kay. Related Items:
- Tough times are hitting promising initiatives like Links 芒聙聰 and causing unease about the very fate of Northern Ireland's peace deal. As the troubled territory slogs through the worst economic downturn in decades, dissident Irish nationalist militias are getting increasingly restless 芒聙聰 carrying out a string of violent acts including a recent bombing that injured three children.
- As the conflict in Afghanistan deepens, with more foreign troops fighting and casualty tolls rising against a bolder Taliban-led enemy, a parallel battle is being fought to win the hearts and minds of Afghans. Despite vast, sophisticated resources at their disposal, it is a battle some analysts fear NATO and U.S. forces can't win.