Contributions to Newspapers and Magazines

A Világ
"Erdély = Észak-Írország" September 11 1991

Ausland
"Damit Gewalt nicht mehr nötig ist," December 2 1999

Contemporary Record
"Solving Northern Ireland" September - November 1990

Dissent
"Departing Responsibly," Spring 2009

Economist
"The War Dividend," November 6-12 1993

Financial Times (London) 
"Ignore the Prophets of Doom" June 10 2001

"Comment and Analysis: Ireland after Hume," September 18 2001
"Comment and Analysis: Elections, not Suspensions," July 13 2001
"Shades of Green: Sinn Fein could give parties across the spectrum a fright in tomorrow's Irish Election," May 16 2002

"Give Northern Ireland's Voters a Chance," October 14 2002
"Kurds must not be betrayed again," March 23 2003
"Kurds have convincing grounds for choosing English as their second language," November 19 2004
"A Transitional Law Worth Fighting For," April 12 2004

Fortnight (Belfast)

"More Green, Fewer Orange," February and March 1990
"Unionists must give much more than an inch," July/August 1991
"Then talk some more," September 1991

Globe & Mail (Canada)
"Iraq's Election Kingmakers," December 14 2005 (copyright, The Globe and Mail)
The Kurds: A Ghostly and Embarrassing Nation (Review of Quill Lawrence, Invisible Nation: How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood is Shaping Iraq and the Middle East)." May 17, 2008


Guardian (London)
"Letters to the Editor: Why Silence Would be Callaghan's Best Policy" May 28 1983
"Obituary: Karl Wittfogel: Hydrophobic cold war warrior," June 20 1988
"Free the Gunmen," January 8 1998
"Muted Miracle," April 7 1998
"Remake, Remodel," March 18, 1999
"Better to Hang on," February 2, 2000
"Perfidious Britannia," June 15, 2000
"Ignore the Prophets of Doom," June 10 2001
"Comments and Analysis: Elections not Suspensions," July 13 2001

IlSol-24Ore (Italy)
"Ulster, perché questa pace può durare," April 23 1998

Independent (London)
"Steps towards a constitutional compromise"
"What shared sovereignty offers Northern Ireland," February 3 1993
Editorial reviewing Brendan O'Leary's argument for hybrid state in Northern Ireland "Hope for Healing" March 27 1993
"An Irish Peace with Honour," September 23 1994


International
"The Future for Pakistan: Review of Can Pakistan Survive? by Tariq Ali," July/August 1983

Irish Independent (Dublin)

Irish News (Belfast)

Irish Times (Dublin)

"Exploding the North's employment myths: review ofDiscrimination and Public Policy in Northern Ireland by Robert J. McCormack and Robert D. Osborne"
"Exploring the roads to consensus: review of Consensus in Ireland: Approaches and Recessions by Charles Townshend (ed.)" December 3 1988
"Guiltless passions of a Unionist liberal: review of Ulster: Conflict and Consent by Tom Wilson," October 7 1989
"Through the Telescope: Review of Northern Ireland: The International Perspective" February 4 1989
"A Hegelian inspects the Laager: Review of Under Seige: Ulster Unionism and the Anglo-Irish Agreement by Arthur Aughey," January 6 1990
"Lawyers' view of the Anglo-Irish Agreement: Review of The Anglo-Irish Agreement: Commentary, Text, amd Official Review by T. Hadden and K. Boyle," April 7 1990
"Disentangling the Northern Knot: Review of Interpreting Northern Ireland by John Whyte," January 5 1991
"Unionists Will Lose Electoral Dominance," July 2 1997
"No Fanfares to Mark the End of a Squalid War," December 3 1999
"Patten Report and Police Bill," August 2 2000
"Clarity Needed on Policing," August 7 2000
"Patten Report and Police Bill," Augusr 9 2000
"Reid Should Not Allow a New Unionist Boycott," October 4 2001
"Agreement is Not Devolution in Unitary State," October 11 2001
"Swiss-style Reform can Solve Nice Dilemma," June 19 2002
"Agreement Review could Circumvent DUP Veto," December 6 2003

Irish World
"Don't blame the bigots!" May 5 1995

Issues in Focus
"The Future of Northern Ireland," December 1992

Istoé Senhor
"Terror absolvido: Justiça britânica abalada depois da libertação dos 'Seis de Birmingham'" March 27 1991

Le Monde
"Dans le conflit nord-irlandais, le désarmement doit avoir lieu avant tout dans les esprits," September 30, 1997

Local Government Chronicle
"Metrocide - How London and Barcelona suffered a similar fate" April 8 1988

LSE Magazine
"Ireland: Problem Without a Solution," Autumn 1990
"War About Talks About War," Summer 1996

Los Angeles Times
"The U.S is Brewing Up a Disaster for the Kurds," February 29 2004

Parliamentary Brief

"Framing the Future: The Best of Both Worlds" Northern Ireland Supplement, October 1994

Pennsylvania Gazette
"Constructing Kurdistan: Why shouldn't Iraq become a bi-national federation?" January/February 2004
"Two Cheers for the Transitional Law of Iraq," May/June 2004

Philadelphia Inquirer
"A Big Step for Northern Ireland," October 25 2001

Punch
"How the agreement won through despite Trimble" a commentary alongside "The day Sinn Fein/IRA realised the game was up" by Ruth Dudley Edwards, November 7-20 2001

Reformatorisch Dagblad
"Britse politicoloog O'Leary ziet openingen in kwestie Noord-Ierland," November 30 1993

Scotsman (Edinburgh)
"All is not lost, it is just bloodier than it need have been," July 1997
"Bias in memoirs scores a political own goal," January 19 1998

Sunday Business Post (Dublin)
"Analysis: Dance of the Ministries," April 26 1998

"History of North's Catholics riddled with inaccuracies," October 22 2000
"When rights are traded for peace, review of Peace Agreements and Human Rights by Christine Bell" February 11 2001

Sunday Press (Dublin)
"When the Shooting Stops," August 28 1994
"The North: One Way Forward?" September 18, 1994
"The Framework Document: A Carefully Drafted Essay in Statecraft," March 5 1995

Sunday Tribune (Dublin)
"Memorandum: SF recognizes that its request may not be reasonable...," April 17 1997

The Times Higher Education Supplement
Review of Explaining Northern Ireland by John McGarry and Brendan O'Leary, by Steve Bruce "An Outbreak of Cold Peace" October 6 1995
"The Magic Number is 64" May 22 1998
"To: Dictators Re: Torture: Brendan O'Leary on 40 years of Amnesty International campaigning," December 7 2001: p.25
"A Bright Future -- And Less Orange: Brendan O'Leary reviews the Patten Report on Northern Ireland Policing," November 19, 1999: p.22
"Lethal Mix of Armalite and the ballot box: reviews of The Armed Struggle, Sinn Fein and A Secret History of the IRA," October 5 2003.

Washington Times

Wall Street Journal
"Ethnic Conflict Expert Argues for Self-Rule Among Iraq Regions," Oct 30, 2006

Xor Riya (Hargeysa Somaliland)
"Midawga Yurob oo doodahoodii Fidiraal iyo Konfidiralka ka furay Somaliland," September 8 1997

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