Peoples Forum on Peace and Neutrality

Bringing together expertise in international law, diplomacy, peace and the arms trade for an open and critical examination of Irish government policy.

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"It's not about doing good for the world, but about the power of Europe."

Dr Karen Devine discusses successive governments' given reasons for Ireland's participation in the EU's "security and defence policy."

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"Palestine is not a terra nullius. It was never empty."

Former president of Ireland Michael D. Higgins passionately affirms the rights of the Palestinian people at the People's Forum on Peace and Neutrality.

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Who, then, in your view, is really winning this war? - @Alex_Mendel_USA
Me: No one. Neither the Ukrainians, nor the Russians, nor the Europeans, nor the Americans. The only winners are those who live off this war: certain political officials, certain lobbyists. The peoples are the ones who pay the price. Ukraine is recording records of civilian dead and wounded: last month around 2,000 wounded and 268 dead; in July already 377 dead, and the toll could reach 400… We are disappearing. I watch my country die while I hear applause in the West.
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"Plucked out of the air to please Donald Trump and bring massive profits to the arms industry."

Campaign Against Arms Trade's Sam Perlo-Freeman discusses the NATO 3.5% military spending commitment.

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"Successful diplomacy requires some kind of moral horizon."

Former diplomat Philip McDonagh, drawing on a career of negotiation in numerous contexts, from European diplomacy to the United Nations to the OSCE, outlines some of the necessary ground rules for diplomacy.

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Worth considering this in the context of the prolonged heatwaves and wild fires that have already killed thousands across Europe.

Rather than mobilising for climate action, the EU is mobilising for war and driving up emissions at the same time.

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New NATO spending will "result in a carbon footprint the size of Brazil."

Co-director of the Transition Security Project Khem Rogaly discusses the severe environmental impacts of a move away from climate and towards military spending.

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"Active neutrality is the only sensible policy for a small country to adopt in the modern world."

Former MEP and international peace campaigner Clare Daly @ClareDalyIRL states the simple, clear meaning of neutrality in international law.

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"Military spending in 2025 reached 2.9 trillion dollars."

Expert on the arms trade Sam Perlo-Freeman (of @caatuk) outlines the vast increases in military spending in recent years.

[patrick bresnihan @PBresnihan]

I wonder did anyone at the MacGill Summer School speaking on neutrality and the Triple Lock have the honesty to make this glaringly obvious and vitally important point.

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"They couldn't utter a word of protest."

Solicitor Stephen Kelly @kelly_79769 at the People's Forum on Peace and Neutrality on why the government's response to Trump's war against Iran shows why the Triple Lock is needed.

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@caulmick The People's Forum on Peace and Neutrality, held last month in Dublin, seeks to address this imbalance in how the public discussion is being curated, by platforming advocates and specialists from important fields that are commonly overlooked in events like MGSS, and in our media.