Brendan O'Leary
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Brendan O'Leary is an Irish political scientist, who is Lauder Professor of Political Science and Director of the Solomon Asch Center for the Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict at the University of Pennsylvania. He was formerly a professor at the London School of Economics, where he had studied under the supervision of Ernest Gellner. He is the author of numerous influential books about the Northern Ireland conflict, many of them co-authored with John McGarry. He is currently an international advisor to the Kurdistan National Assembly, responsible for advising on the constitutional reconstruction of Iraq and Kurdistan, with special responsibility for federal arrangements and electoral laws. Previously, he was a policy advisor to the British Labour Party, and political advisor to Mo Mowlem and Kevin McNamara during their respective spells as Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
