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The next ISE at 50 webinar takes place on Thurs 1st June at 5pm. The webinar series celebrates 50 years of reconciliation and dialogue work and research by the Irish School of Ecumenics and is organised by Dr Dong Jin Kim. The panel includes experts from leading social enterprises, as well as Frances Flannery of James Madison University and Prof. Jacob Erickson, School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies. Gillian Kingston of the ISE Trust will be in the chair. Follow the link to book a place.

Prof. Etain Tannam was guest on UCL’s ‘Uncovering Politics’ podcast, on May 8, hosted by Alan Renwick, Professor of Democratic Politics and Vice Director of UCL Constitution Unit, with former UK senior official and UCL Honorary Senior Research Associate, Alan Whysall. The podcast examined the impact of the Assembly election in Northern Ireland and the future of Northern Ireland’s power-sharing institutions. Follow the link to listen to the podcast.

Comparisons are abundant in the discourse on the Ukrainian crisis, with references to the two World Wars and Nazism among the more common ones. In his latest article, published in The Conversation, David Mitchell examines how in both war time and peacebuilding, comparisons to other well-known conflicts have been used by different sides, sometimes to manipulate the narrative, sometimes to promote acceptance of peacebuilding efforts. They range from the ‘insightful and constructive to the absurd and dangerous’. Follow the link to read the article.

Dr. Dong Jin Kim’s newest article “Global Health Diplomacy and North Korea in the COVID-19 era” (co-authored with Andrew Ilkhyun Kim) has been published in International Affairs, one of the world’s leading journals, currently ranked No. 1 out of 94, in International Relations. This article uses global health diplomacy to examine the challenges and opportunities of international health aid to North Korea in the COVID-19 era. It finds that vaccine provision is both within the enlightened self-interest of donor states and meets the global responsibility to address unequal access to vaccines.