Performing Deception

In 2001 Bert, Julian, Martin and Ruud decided to make another ‘Timelock’ CD with the material that they have written. By then Julian has been asked to substitute for F.A.F.’s keyboard player in order to promote their latest CD ‘The Big Room’. Ed returned the favour by drumming for the new album, even though he will not be performing live with the band. The third Timelock CD 'Circle of Deception' was released on november 1, 2002.

This book is exceptional in defending the ‘dirty politics’ of the Northern Ireland peace process. Political actors in Britain, Ireland and the United States performed the peace process and used ‘political skills’, often including deception and hypocrisy, in order to wind down the conflict and achieve accommodation. These political skills, it is argued, are often morally justifiable even as they are popularly condemned. The Northern Ireland peace process has been highly successful in reducing violence and an accurate understanding of its politics is an important contribution to international debates about managing conflict.