دور الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية في التسوية السياسية في ايرلندا الشمالية اتفاقية الجمعة العظيمة 199
Date
2012-10-21
Authors
خالد موسى محمد السعدي
KHALED MUSA MOHAMMAD ALSADI
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AL-Quds University
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جامعة القدس
Abstract
This study highlights the role of the U.S in the peace process in Northern
Ireland and the achievement of Good Friday Agreement signed in Belfast in
1998, as a major step to conclude the political-sectarian conflict. It is also to
examine the main motives of the U.S intervention, the methods and strategies
adopted by the U.S mediators to push forward the parties involved in the
conflict to take part in the negotiations and overcome obstacles and problems
that accompanied the negotiations process.
The importance of this study lies in being an analysis of the U.S role as a
mediator and patron of the peace process in the Irish Question. The
researcher used the descriptive-historical methodology in tracing the
trajectory of the conflict in Ireland, and the analytical methodology to
identify a number of historical junctures that contributed to developing the
U.S position on the Irish Question. Due to the nature of international political
dynamics and the multiplicity of players in the Irish Question, the researcher
used conflict resolution theories and Levels of Analysis theoretical
approaches to identify the reasons behind the success of U.S intervention
during the Administration of President Bill Clinton exclusively
The study identifies a number of results, the most important clarifies that
the USA played the role of the neutral mediator and patron of the peace
process. This position was a result of the great political and economic power
of the Irish –Americans accumulated over years of exerting great efforts to
seriously put the Irish Question on the U.S foreign policy agenda. In addition
to the seriousness and commitment of the administration of President Bill
Clinton to peace process, and the political & economical interests in the Irish
island.
This study offers a contribution in comparative conflicts studies to the Arab
Library, which lacks researches and studies on the Irish Question, the history
of the conflict and the Peace Process there.
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الدراسات الاقليمية , Regional Studies