Response to Edana Savage's Questions.

Day 653, 10:19 • Published in Ireland Ireland • by Brian Boru


First off, I'd like to thank Edana for making that article to begin with.

Question 1:
My question would be who could be the potential partners he speaks of and how would he go about establishing trade relations? As a former Advisor to Starks Hayter on Foreign Affairs, I would be particularly interested in a more detailed view on how all of this would fit together in a comprehensive strategy. Could you expound on this BB?

I have a long list of countries I'll be contacting with regard to the idea.
I do not expect every country to entertain the idea, such is the prevalence of protectionist and moderationist policymaking. Every country with a population below 3,500 or so will be contacted, but due to communication issues, I only expect a fraction of these to respond.

The idea is to create a common market for manufactured goods and labour out of small and medium sized economies, to promote free trade generally. As much as possible, I'll be selling the idea to potential member states personally, but there is a lot of ground to cover, so I'll also use the Foreign Affairs people available to me to the fullest extent possible. The project requires the largest diplomatic effort by the Irish Republic in eHistory, in terms of the number of countries we'll be contacting.

While we're at that, we'll be increasing our contacts with military alliances the world over.
I intend to appoint a representative each to PEACE GC, AHA and Sol if those alliances will allow it.
I would for Fortis if it had a formal organisational structure, but it doesn't, so we'll have to organise something else with them. I'll certainly be applying for observer status in Sol, as several of its members are key target member states for the trade bloc.

Overall, the objective in foreign affairs is to streamline our relations with regard to alliances and get our free trade bloc out there and in the parliaments of potential member states. Both are vital.
Our relationship with the military alliances is more important than ever before because of World War Three, and our long-term economic prosperity rests on our ability to export.

I thoroughly believe we can achieve that objective.

Question 2:
The second thing that caught my eye was his views on Defence. Seemed a bit vague and uninspiring. Of course, we aren't afraid to fight! Kinda ruffled my feathers a bit. I have also read the Defence of the Republik Act. It does a fine job outlining what we would do should be become occupied, but it doesn't tell me what we are doing to prevent something like that from happening in the first place. I have PM'd him on this and I'm still left unsatisfied by his answers. *sigh* I know I'm a noob, but can you outline your views on this please? It may seem rudimentary, but I really would like to know.

Sorry about that PM, I'm very busy lately so I wasn't able to answer fully.
If we're going to prevent invasions, we have to do three things.

1. Make occupying Ireland hell.
That's done thanks to the Defence of the Republic Act.

2. Insure regular and good communication between ourselves and the alliance groups.
That's what I intend to achieve in our foreign affairs, as I've said already.
If we're to be invaded, it will most likely be from either an alliance or a rogue state.
If its an alliance, we can call on other alliances to help us.

3. Train our troops up to have at least some sort of military deterrence.
That's what I intend to do with my plan to put our troops abroad fighting.
I'd also like to get us more involved in selected conflicts, in a similar manner to which Aran got us involved in Greece, though with more clarity on each war's purpose. War is also a pretty key part of boosting our economy, so expect to see the government monitoring wars closely if I am elected, because we could get involved if circumstances like in Greece occur again.