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The UK White Paper and the Irish Dimension: The 1998 Agreement, North-South cooperation & avoiding a hard Border

The following set of slides assesses the extent to which the future UK-EU relationship proposed in the UK government's recent White Paper would deliver on commitments relating to Northern Ireland and Ireland made by the UK and the EU in their Joint Report of December 2017.

The UK White Paper and the Irish Dimension: The 1998 Agreement, North-South cooperation & avoiding a hard Border

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About the Authors
David Phinnemore
David Phinnemore is Professor of European Politics and Jean Monnet Chair in European Political Science in the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics at Queen's University Belfast. Professor Phinnemore's research interests cover EU treaty reform, EU enlargement, EU external relations and alternatives to EU membership, particularly association.
Katy Hayward
Katy Hayward is a Professor in Sociology in the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work at Queen's University Belfast. She has particular expertise on cross-border cooperation and management, focusing on the case study of Ireland/Northern Ireland and the impact of EU membership.