Sean P O'Brien
Biographic Data
| ID | 4554516 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sean P O'Brien |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sean P |
| FAMILY NAME | O'Brien |
| SIGNATURE | BRIEN S P O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Anticipating the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: An Early Warning Approach to Conflict and Instability Analysis
One way to demonstrate progress in a field of scientific inquiry is to show that factors believed to explain some phenomenon can also be used effectively to predict both its occurrence and its nonoccurrence. This study draws on the state strength literature to identify relevant country macrostructural factors that can contribute to different kinds and levels of intensity of conflict and country instabilities. A pattern classification algorithm—fu…
"Creating a "Well Regulated Militia: Policy Responses to Paramilitary Groups in the American States
In a democratic political system responsive to citizen demands govern ments must often balance conflicting interests. The rise of armed right- wing paramilitary groups, and especially the recent growth of citizen militias, have created such a situation in the American states. In particu lar, governments must respond to the threat of armed anti-government groups, while simultaneously attempting to address the "mainstream" con servative issues thes…
Foreign Policy Crises and the Resort to Terrorism: A Time-Series Analysis of Conflict Linkages
This study tests the validity of opposing arguments regarding superpower state sponsorship of international crises by exploring the linkages between the monthly foreign policy crisis behavior of nation-states and the occurrence of international terrorism over a 228-month period from 1968 to 1986 using data drawn from ITERATE 2 and 3 and the International Crisis Behavior (ICB) data sets. Using time-series ARIMA modelling techniques, superpower inv…
Foreign Policy Crises and the Resort to Terrorism: A Time-Series Analysis of Conflict Linkages
This study tests the validity of opposing arguments regarding superpower state sponsorship of international crises by exploring the linkages between the monthly foreign policy crisis behavior of nation-states and the occurrence of international terrorism over a 228-month period from 1968 to 1986 using data drawn from ITERATE 2 and 3 and the International Crisis Behavior (ICB) data sets. Using time-series ARIMA modelling techniques, superpower inv…
Anticipating the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: An Early Warning Approach to Conflict and Instability Analysis
One way to demonstrate progress in a field of scientific inquiry is to show that factors believed to explain some phenomenon can also be used effectively to predict both its occurrence and its nonoccurrence. This study draws on the state strength literature to identify relevant country macrostructural factors that can contribute to different kinds and levels of intensity of conflict and country instabilities. A pattern classification algorithm—fu…
"Creating a "Well Regulated Militia: Policy Responses to Paramilitary Groups in the American States
In a democratic political system responsive to citizen demands govern ments must often balance conflicting interests. The rise of armed right- wing paramilitary groups, and especially the recent growth of citizen militias, have created such a situation in the American states. In particu lar, governments must respond to the threat of armed anti-government groups, while simultaneously attempting to address the "mainstream" con servative issues thes…
Foreign Policy Crises and the Resort to Terrorism: A Time-Series Analysis of Conflict Linkages
This study tests the validity of opposing arguments regarding superpower state sponsorship of international crises by exploring the linkages between the monthly foreign policy crisis behavior of nation-states and the occurrence of international terrorism over a 228-month period from 1968 to 1986 using data drawn from ITERATE 2 and 3 and the International Crisis Behavior (ICB) data sets. Using time-series ARIMA modelling techniques, superpower inv…
"Creating a "Well Regulated Militia: Policy Responses to Paramilitary Groups in the American States
In a democratic political system responsive to citizen demands govern ments must often balance conflicting interests. The rise of armed right- wing paramilitary groups, and especially the recent growth of citizen militias, have created such a situation in the American states. In particu lar, governments must respond to the threat of armed anti-government groups, while simultaneously attempting to address the "mainstream" con servative issues thes…
Anticipating the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: An Early Warning Approach to Conflict and Instability Analysis
One way to demonstrate progress in a field of scientific inquiry is to show that factors believed to explain some phenomenon can also be used effectively to predict both its occurrence and its nonoccurrence. This study draws on the state strength literature to identify relevant country macrostructural factors that can contribute to different kinds and levels of intensity of conflict and country instabilities. A pattern classification algorithm—fu…
Democracy (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · State (computer science (2 works) · Authoritarianism (1 works)