The success of the Irish Peace Process and the healing of historic British-Irish hostilities has made some commentators wonder why it has not yet been possible to apply some of the 'lessons learnt' to the problems of Israel's relations with the Palestinians and its other Arab neighbors. In the last thirty years, no one has been involved in the Irish Peace Process from so many different perspectives as Lord Alderdice, and since the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 he has devoted much of his energy to exploring the vexed questions of the Middle East through regular visits to the region and meetings with a remarkable range of participants. In his lecture he will address the value and the limits of 'lessons learnt' from Ireland, and the problems of implementing them in the Middle East.