The role of former U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton in the Northern Ireland peace process has been acknowledged as an example of political risk‐taking and leadership driven by political interests and strategic post–Cold War aims. The tendency to examine Clinton's role from the perspective of international and global policy objectives, however, has obscured consideration of his motivational role in the Northern Ireland peace process and of how he moved between encouragement and intervention to help the political parties reach a settlement. This article, which is drawn from an extended interview conducted with Clinton in 2017, seeks to paint a more comprehensive picture of Clinton's participation in the peace process, showing how his combination of motivational and interventional skills enabled him to help convince others of the need to take risks for peace and gave him greater influence and leverage over the peace process as a result.

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北爱尔兰和平进程的动机和干预：比尔·克林顿总统专访

美国前总统威廉·杰斐逊·克林顿（William Jefferson Clinton）在北爱尔兰和平进程中的作用已被公认为是政治利益和冷战后战略目标驱动的政治冒险和领导作用的一个例子。然而，从国际和全球政策目标的角度来考察克林顿的作用的趋势，使人们无法考虑克林顿在北爱尔兰和平进程中的激励作用，以及他在鼓励和干预之间如何帮助政党达成解决方案的思考。本文摘自2017年与克林顿进行的一次广泛采访，旨在描绘克林顿参与和平进程的更全面情况，