O. Beachain, Donnacha

Dr Donnacha O BeachAin is a faculty member of the School of Law and Government in Dublin City University where he lectures on post-Soviet politics and Irish foreign policy. He has been a visiting fellow in Georgia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan and held the Marie Curie Fellowship between 2008 and 2011. A frequent contributor to national and international media on Irish and Soviet affairs, he has written several books, including "Destiny of the Soldiers: Fianna FAil, Irish Republicanism and the IRA, 1926-1973", "The Irish Government and the Northern Ireland Conflict: The Politics of Partition" and