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Recent Articles from Three Monkeys Online Magazine

• Cold War Psychohistory in the Scottish Psyche

  The very essence of the cold war was dividing the world into blocs, of 'us' and 'them'. Strung between Stalin and Gorbachev, things should have been different at the start of the 21^st century, but new conflicts and new enemies have appeared in a sadly familiar pattern. Alastair McIntosh, in a paper delivered at a conference on Soctland's experience through the Cold War argues that we need to examine 'psychohistory' to shake off our cold wars.

  
  
• Critical Condition? The Northern Ireland Peace Process.

  With the Assembly elections in Northern Ireland late last year a shift in power was finally confirmed, with the Democratic Unionist Party topping the polls, and with Sinn Fein eclipsing the ailing SDLP. Does this signify an end to the peace process? ThreeMonkeys spoke to acclaimed Sunday Tribune journalist and author Susan McKay, to ascertain the health of the peace process.

  
  
• Birth Crisis - Sheila Kitzinger on Birth in the 21st Century

  Birth in Western Europe and America has become a heavily medicalised event, where women entrust themselves and their babies to a team of medics who, with the aid of technology and science, manage the dangers of birth. Why, though, are so many women traumatised by the whole process? Sheila Kitzinger, who has been described as the 'high-priestess' of the birthing movement explains what she means by 'birth crisis' to Three Monkeys Online.

  
  
• Three Degrees of Democracy: McDowell, Bush and Blair

  Democracy can not be spread - through armed interventions or otherwise - unless one can define what democracy is. Examining three 'healthy democracies', Ireland, the UK, and the United States, Anthony Behan argues that citizens urgently need to define their democracies, lest the job is done for them by the likes of Bush, Blair, or McDowell.

  
  
• The Multi-Culturalist. William Dalrymple in interview with Three Monkeys Online Magazine.

  Award winning writer William Dalrymple discusses his novel White Mughals, Islam, Multiculturalism and History with Andrew Lawless for Three Monkeys Online.