We are now justifiably focused on the upcoming general election, which will hopefully give us an elected and accountable government and restart our journey towards democracy.

Rob Doyle is the Dublin-born author of four acclaimed books, one of which, Here Are the Young Men, has been adapted for film.

Europe’s latest dilemma—physical attack by Russia on the east and the threat by the US to take “full control” of the island of Greenland on the west—has changed the world as we knew it after the Cold ...