The Nanovic Institute for European Studies and the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies of the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs host the inaugural Nanovic Washington Policy Forum, “Brexit, Brinkmanship, and the Future of Ireland: The Role of the U.S. in safeguarding the Northern Ireland Peace Process.”

This panel discussion examines Brexit’s impact on Ireland and the role of the United States in the region, and takes place at the Keough School’s Washington DC office.

Panelists include:
• Daniel Mulhall, current Ambassador of Ireland to the United States;
• Andrew McCormick, Northern Ireland Civil Service Director General for International Relations;
• Peter King, U.S. Representative (NY) and Co-Chair of the Friends of Ireland Caucus;
• Chris Murphy, U.S. Senator (CT) and member of the Foreign Relations Committee; and
• Amanda Sloat, Robert Bosch Senior Fellow of the Center on the United States and Europe, Brookings Institution.

Panel moderator: Thomas Wright, Director of the Center on the United States and Europe and Foreign Policy Senior Fellow of the Project on International Order and Strategy, Brookings Institution.

Since 1998, Ireland and Northern Ireland have enjoyed a seamless border, an integral element of the Good Friday Agreement and a symbol of its enduring success. But if the U.K. leaves the European Union without an agreement on 31 October, as its government has threatened, it risks the return of a hard border and with it renewed instability on the island of Ireland.

The U.S. played a pivotal role in facilitating peace in Northern Ireland. What steps might the U.S. now take to safeguard that legacy? And what challenges might it face in doing so?

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