Peacebuilding in the Wake of Brexit with Ambassador Ray Bassett

Ray Bassett is a former senior Irish diplomat who served as Irish Ambassador to Canada, Jamaica, and the Bahamas (2010-2016). He worked extensively in the Northern Ireland Peace Process and was part of the Irish Government delegation at the Good Friday Talks and subsequently was the Irish Government representative in Belfast 2001-2005.
Bassett has also held the position of head of the Irish consular service, including relations with the Irish Diaspora 2005-2010.
Bassett is currently a senior research fellow at the Policy Exchange Think Tank in London and has published a number of works on Brexit, including his best selling book”Ireland and the EU Post Brexit.”
This event is part of a series on Peacebuilding in the Wake of Brexit. This series focuses on the North of/Northern Ireland during a time of great political and economic shifts. Various perspectives from community leaders, mostly from border counties or towns, highlight how recent developments affect everyday people as well as political possibilities. Interwoven with these perspectives are discussions with institutional figures who speak to more macro-level effects of Brexit and other sources of uncertainty on peacebuilding in Ireland and the UK.