The Northern Ireland Conflict - The Troubles

The Northern Ireland case, which reveals the effects of ethnic, sectarian, economic, cultural and political elements on the formation and transformation of conflict, provides researchers with all kinds of opportunities for detailed conflict analysis. The Northern Ireland case is one of the rare examples of changing conflict dynamics and post-conflict peace building phases. To these qualities, it has pioneered many studies and functioned as a handbook for different cases. In addition, the impact of the IRA, one of the main actors of the conflict, in the fields of security studies and the counter-terrorism, proves how necessary and valuable the analysis of the case is