Meghan L. O'Sullivan, Columnist

Theresa May's Troubles and 'The Troubles'

A Tory-Democratic Unionist deal will shake up politics in Belfast and beyond.

June 21, 2017 at 9:00 AM UTC

Meghan L. O’Sullivan is a professor of international affairs at Harvard’s Kennedy School and the North American chair of the Trilateral Commission, she served on the National Security Council from 2004 to 2007.

Troubled past.
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