International Talkies

The Department of International Studies and History organized a guest lecture on “Brexit and Northern Island - some reflections on the confidence and supply agreement between the Conservative Party and the Democratic Unionist Party” by Professor Paul Carmichael and Professor Venkat Iyer from Ulster University, UK. Professor Paul Carmichael began his talk on how BREXIT has become a talk of the show in international relations. He spoke on how British Isles is a disputed term. If the Prime Minister wins the upcoming general election of European Union (EU), then Britain will secede EU. He threw light on how David Cameron’s referendum was an unfulfilled election promise in 2015 and later in 2017 the Hung Parliament came into existence, these made Britain to move closer towards conservatism. 51.9% (17.4 million) of the population in UK have decided to leave the EU whereas 48.1% (16.1 million) have decided to remain as an integral part of EU. The entire issue for the Northern Island ste...