Jay Roszman
@jayroszman.bsky.social
Historian of 19th-c Ireland, Britain, & Empire at University College Cork. An 🇺🇸in 🇮🇪. Book on agrarian violence and British policy w Cambridge (2022). Next project on Irishmen, education, and empire.
Talk about academic impact!
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Talk about academic impact!
...doesn't mean it's any good, but at least it is coherent.
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
...doesn't mean it's any good, but at least it is coherent.
I scratch my head - genuinely - at the notion that Russia is less of a threat than NATO; then again, I suppose the hope of neutrality is that one doesn't have to choose sides; however, that doesn't mean Ireland can't be a soft target for an actor like Russia to disrupt or do far worse.
November 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I scratch my head - genuinely - at the notion that Russia is less of a threat than NATO; then again, I suppose the hope of neutrality is that one doesn't have to choose sides; however, that doesn't mean Ireland can't be a soft target for an actor like Russia to disrupt or do far worse.
2) There does not seem to be anything incongruous with a geopolitical position that follows the majority of Europe (both EU countries and other NATO members) that see the safety of Europe best secured through mutual defence and partnership with North America.
November 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
2) There does not seem to be anything incongruous with a geopolitical position that follows the majority of Europe (both EU countries and other NATO members) that see the safety of Europe best secured through mutual defence and partnership with North America.
[caveat: my Americanness, also don't have a fixed opinion on this topic at all, its complicated, etc].
1) Your previous argument made it sound as if British violence in Ireland demonstrated a more prominent threat than say Russia. I'm suggesting the GFA (and Downsteet Dec) suggests otherwise
1) Your previous argument made it sound as if British violence in Ireland demonstrated a more prominent threat than say Russia. I'm suggesting the GFA (and Downsteet Dec) suggests otherwise
November 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
[caveat: my Americanness, also don't have a fixed opinion on this topic at all, its complicated, etc].
1) Your previous argument made it sound as if British violence in Ireland demonstrated a more prominent threat than say Russia. I'm suggesting the GFA (and Downsteet Dec) suggests otherwise
1) Your previous argument made it sound as if British violence in Ireland demonstrated a more prominent threat than say Russia. I'm suggesting the GFA (and Downsteet Dec) suggests otherwise
But, Ireland has accepted that political arrangement already until determined otherwise by people on both sides of the border, no?
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
But, Ireland has accepted that political arrangement already until determined otherwise by people on both sides of the border, no?
As an American I suppose any opinion I have is problematic because I was born into the military industrial complex - but, the worry from my own pov is that the Russia is more than happy to exploit principled stands of neutrality for their own aims, to the detriment of all.
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
As an American I suppose any opinion I have is problematic because I was born into the military industrial complex - but, the worry from my own pov is that the Russia is more than happy to exploit principled stands of neutrality for their own aims, to the detriment of all.