Author profile: Martin Duffy

Martin Duffy has participated in more than two hundred international election and human rights assignments since beginning his career in Africa and Asia in the 1980s. He has served with a wide range of international organizations and has frequently been decorated for field service, among them UN (United Nations) Peacekeeping Citations and the Badge of Honour of the International Red Cross Movement. He has also held several academic positions in Ireland, UK, USA and elsewhere. He is a proponent of experiential learning. He holds awards from Dublin, Oxford, Harvard, and several other institutions including the Diploma in International Relations at the University of Cambridge.

Opinion – Türkiye’s 2024 Local Elections Challenge President Erdoğan

Martin Duffy • Apr 12 2024 • Articles

Türkiye demonstrates a popular desire for transformation among its citizens that could redefine the nation’s longer-term political trajectory.

Reflections on the Troubles and the IRA in ‘The Secret Army’

Martin Duffy • Mar 31 2024 • Articles

This recently uncovered 1970s film sparks discussion about the capacity of such material to be commissioned and for it to be produced, but then to vanish.

Opinion – Northern Ireland’s ‘Dirty War’

Martin Duffy • Mar 15 2024 • Articles

It would seem that we are entering a new chapter in which Northern Ireland’s grisly past will be further regurgitated, and probably without tangible outcomes.

Review – The New United Nations

Martin Duffy • Feb 24 2024 • Features

This new edition provides a fresh look at the complexities of the UN and the challenges it faces, making it a welcome update to international relations scholarship.

Review – Joan Baez: I Am a Noise

Martin Duffy • Feb 14 2024 • Features

This movie depicts the life of protest-singer Joan Baez, using a combination of modern and archival imagery to effectively highlight her long-standing political impact.

Ambivalence on Ukraine’s ‘De-Communisation’ Process

Martin Duffy • Dec 14 2023 • Articles

In December another Communist symbol in Kyiv toppled, but modern Ukraine has inherited a dark history that is less easy to remedy.

Gaza: A Dark History Shared by Israelis and Palestinians

Martin Duffy • Nov 7 2023 • Articles

Whether Israeli or Palestinian, the voices, and the toll of loss, have seldom seemed starker in what appears to be an insoluble conflict.

Opinion – Cambodia’s Personalist Dictatorship

Martin Duffy • Oct 17 2023 • Articles

The recent election is further evidence of the death of Cambodian democracy and regime transition under Hun Manet.

Review – Oppenheimer

Martin Duffy • Sep 15 2023 • Features

Christopher Nolan’s depiction of Oppenheimer and the atom bomb is a key tool for IR scholars, but only scratches the surface of nuclear weaponry in IR.

Review – Return Engagements

Martin Duffy • Aug 31 2023 • Features

Việt Lê portrays a new approach to contemporary visual art in Cambodia and Vietnam that moves beyond a fetishised focus on conflict and trauma.

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