Dr Ray Bassett, Author at Politeia

Dr Ray Bassett is a former senior diplomat at Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin who served as the country’s Ambassador to Canada, Jamaica and the Bahamas between 2010 and 2016. His other diplomatic postings included Copenhagen, Canberra, Belfast (twice), London and Ottawa. He was part of the Irish Government Talks Team during the Belfast Agreement negotiations and his Politeia publications include The Irish Border, Brexit & the EU – The Route to Frictionless Trade (2019), Brexit – Options for the Irish Border (2018) and Brexit and the Border, where Ireland’s True Interests Lie (2018).

8 posts

‘The Irish Border, Brexit & the EU – The Route to Frictionless Trade’

By Dr Ray Bassett
October 30, 2019

Boris Johnson’s Brexit Withdrawal Agreement passed its first hurdle in Parliament. Once the parliamentary deadlock is resolved, it looks set to be the basis for the UK’s exit from...

Leo Varadkar Changes Gear – A Brexit Victory for Ireland’s Polls?

By Dr Ray Bassett
October 17, 2019

Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal has won the EU’s support. But, says Ray Bassett, that depended on the Taoiseach’s changing gear. It also depended on the prime minister...

Boris Johnson’s Working Compromise

By Dr Ray Bassett
October 4, 2019

Closing his first Conservative Party Conference as prime minister, Boris Johnson revealed his new backstop plan. Here Ray Bassett, formerly a senior Irish diplomat involved in the Good...

How to End a Shameful History!

By Dr Ray Bassett
March 8, 2019

The EU's history of ignoring or overturning referendum results is shameful, says Ray Bassett, Ireland's former Ambassador to Canada. Now the Border question is being used by elements...

‘Brexit – Options for the Irish Border’

By Dr Ray Bassett
September 20, 2018

By Ray Bassett, September 2018 Former Irish Diplomat explains that ‘Border Should not Derail Brexit Nor Decide Overall Agreement’. A technology solution can work - with good will...

Solving the Irish Border … Respecting the UK Referendum Result

By Dr Ray Bassett
September 14, 2018

This week as senior UK parliamentarians endorse the technological solution for a soft Irish border, in Dublin Dr Ray Bassett, a former Irish diplomat explains that EU politics...

Drop the Backstop Demand!

By Dr Ray Bassett
May 18, 2018

Ireland's interests will best be served by working with the UK to make a success of technological 'soft' border, says Ray Bassett.

‘Brexit and the Border, Where Ireland’s True Interests Lie’

By Dr Ray Bassett
May 17, 2018

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