Kevin A. O’Brien

Publications by Year

Research Areas

Intelligence, Security, War Strategy, Military and Defense Studies, Defense, Military, and Policy Studies, Global Peace and Security Dynamics, Military, Security, and Education Studies

Most-Cited Works

• → Ungoverned Territories: Understanding and Reducing Terrorism Risks(2007)199 cited
• → PMCs, myths and mercenaries: The debate on private military companies(2000)57 cited
• → Military‐advisory groups and African security: Privatized peacekeeping?(1998)54 cited
• Intelligence and Security Legislation for Security Sector Reform(2005)
• → "Seacurity": Improving the Security of the Global Sea-Container Shipping System(2003)31 cited
• → Interfering with civil society: CIA and KGB covert political action during the Cold War(1995)27 cited
• → Private Military Companies and African Security 1990–98(1999)23 cited
• → Ungoverned Territories: A Unique Front in the War on Terrorism(2007)20 cited
• → Military-Advisory Groups and African Security: Privatized Peacekeeping?(1998)19 cited
• → National Security Decision-Making Structures and Security Sector Reform(2005)17 cited