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The Internet And Political Campaigns: Some Early Considerations, Ibpp Editor Dec 1998

The Internet And Political Campaigns: Some Early Considerations, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article provides hypotheses on the effects of the Internet on political campaigns. The IBPP staff hopes that researchers among its readers will attempt to evaluate these hypotheses through combinations of empiricism, rationalism, and other epistemological approaches.


Nonexplosive Warfare: Is It New Or Old?, Ibpp Editor Nov 1998

Nonexplosive Warfare: Is It New Or Old?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article provides a contrary opinion to the analysis of the new United States Secretary of the Navy, Richard Danzig, concerning biological warfare agents and computer-attack variants of information warfare. The opinion is based on the perspective of science and technological change within the context of social, cultural, and political phenomena.


Trends. Straight Talk On Why Saddam Hussein Can't Go Straight, Ibpp Editor Nov 1998

Trends. Straight Talk On Why Saddam Hussein Can't Go Straight, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses Saddam Hussein's inability to give up nuclear weapons development.


Obstacles To Interrogation Training: Part I, Ibpp Editor Oct 1998

Obstacles To Interrogation Training: Part I, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article continues the series on research presented at the 1998 American Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, California. Part I of the article describes two types of obstacles to effective interrogation training. Part II of the article (to be posted in next week's IBPP Issue (September 16th) describes approaches to overcoming the obstacles. The article is very closely based on the research of Meir Gilboa, formerly the Commander, National Unit for Serious Crime Investigation, Israeli National Police, as presented at the symposium "Four National Approaches to Training Interrogators" that was chaired by Dr. Paul Ekman of the University of …


When Political Violence Stops: The Problem Of Psychosocial Reconstruction In The Third World, Ibpp Editor Sep 1998

When Political Violence Stops: The Problem Of Psychosocial Reconstruction In The Third World, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article continues the IBPP series on research presented at the 1998 American Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, California. The article is based on a presentation by IBPP Editor Cristina J. Montiel at the symposium--"After the Fighting Stops-Psychosocial Intervention and Reconciliation"-- that was co-chaired by Dr. Corann Okorodudu, Rowan University, and Anne Anderson, Psychologists for Social Responsibility.


Trends. Clinton/Lewinsky, Star Chambers, The Starr Report: E Pluribus Unum Or E Uno Plures?, Ibpp Editor Sep 1998

Trends. Clinton/Lewinsky, Star Chambers, The Starr Report: E Pluribus Unum Or E Uno Plures?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the effect of lying on the presidency and impeachment.


Trends. Terrorism And Biological Warfare: A Problem Of Perspective, Ibpp Editor Aug 1998

Trends. Terrorism And Biological Warfare: A Problem Of Perspective, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the cunundrum of how to best deter or manage a biological warfare (BW) attack by terrorists.


Trends. An International Criminal Court: Incompetence To Assess Another Kind Of Competence, Ibpp Editor Jul 1998

Trends. An International Criminal Court: Incompetence To Assess Another Kind Of Competence, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author continues his analysis of international criminal courts.


Competency To Stand Trial: An International Challenge, Ibpp Editor Jul 1998

Competency To Stand Trial: An International Challenge, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some of the difficulties in developing an international standard for competency to stand trial.


The Political Psychology Of Child Molestation: Import For The Rule Of Law, Ibpp Editor May 1998

The Political Psychology Of Child Molestation: Import For The Rule Of Law, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the problematic nature of child molestation for the rule of law.


Trends. Troubles: The Northern Ireland Settlement, Ibpp Editor Apr 1998

Trends. Troubles: The Northern Ireland Settlement, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author analysis the two different stances of the recent "landmark settlement" on Northern Ireland forged by various factions of Catholics and Protestants from Northern Ireland, the national leaderships of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, and at least two United States interlocutors.


Problems In Historical Explanation: The Case Of The Khmer Rouge, Ibpp Editor Apr 1998

Problems In Historical Explanation: The Case Of The Khmer Rouge, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article highlights some problems with developing causal explanations for historical phenomena.


Trends. Black, White, And Shades Of Grey: A Perspective On Kosovo, Ibpp Editor Mar 1998

Trends. Black, White, And Shades Of Grey: A Perspective On Kosovo, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the brutal crackdowns by Serbian police and paramilitary forces against individuals of Albanian ethnicity in Kosovo province.


Trends. Human Rights In The People's Republic Of China: On Rewards And Leverage, Ibpp Editor Mar 1998

Trends. Human Rights In The People's Republic Of China: On Rewards And Leverage, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the Clinton administration's announcement that it will not sponsor this year's resolution before the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva that would condemn the People's Republic of China (PRC) for human rights violations.


Biological Warfare As Psychological Warfare, Ibpp Editor Mar 1998

Biological Warfare As Psychological Warfare, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the psychological benefits of an offensive biological warfare program


Trends. A Strategic Defense Initiative Against Biological Warfare: Sense? Nonsense? Mal Vu, Mal Dit?, Ibpp Editor Mar 1998

Trends. A Strategic Defense Initiative Against Biological Warfare: Sense? Nonsense? Mal Vu, Mal Dit?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) that was initiated by United States (US) President Ronald Reagan during his first term.


The Psychology Of Moral Judgment: Further Complexities For Personnel Security Programs, Ibpp Editor Mar 1998

The Psychology Of Moral Judgment: Further Complexities For Personnel Security Programs, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes psychological research that complicates the personnel security quest to minimize intentional violations of law, regulation, and procedure.


Weapons Of Mass Destruction: A Psychological Commentary, Ibpp Editor Feb 1998

Weapons Of Mass Destruction: A Psychological Commentary, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes a comprehensive approach to identifying psychological consequences of weapons of mass destruction, as well as psychological methods that can be employed to influence these consequences. This description should be viewed in the context of the quest to achieve political objectives that underlie military intervention and its threat.


What To Believe About What To Believe: Implications For Security Bureaucracies, Ibpp Editor Feb 1998

What To Believe About What To Believe: Implications For Security Bureaucracies, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes psychological findings on the confidence of eyewitnesses for their own testimony and the reactions of jury members to eyewitness testimony. These findings are related to adjudications of alleged security violations.


Trends. The Tale Of The Tape: The Consequences Of Public Self-Consciousness For Political Life, Ibpp Editor Jan 1998

Trends. The Tale Of The Tape: The Consequences Of Public Self-Consciousness For Political Life, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the influence of technology on political behavior involving the increasing sophistication of monitoring devices.


Profiling To Screen Non-Immigrant Visa Applicants: The Best And The Worst Of Applied Social Science?, Ibpp Editor Jan 1998

Profiling To Screen Non-Immigrant Visa Applicants: The Best And The Worst Of Applied Social Science?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article identifies some significant Issues for the applications of profiling and highlights the example of screening non-immigrant visa applicants. Some of these Issues may be related to conscious and unconscious biases, including those towards race, ethnicity, and culture.


Critiquing Critiques Of Profiling In Aviation Security Screening Programs: Why The Aclu Has It Wrong, Ibpp Editor Jan 1998

Critiquing Critiques Of Profiling In Aviation Security Screening Programs: Why The Aclu Has It Wrong, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article provides commentary on the American Civil Liberty Union's (ACLU) criticisms of the Computer Assisted Passenger Screening System (CAPS) that was developed under the auspices of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to support aviation security.