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Airships In U.N. Humanitarian And Peace Operations: Ready For Service?, Walter Dorn, Nic Baird, Robert Owen
Airships In U.N. Humanitarian And Peace Operations: Ready For Service?, Walter Dorn, Nic Baird, Robert Owen
Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research
This study examines whether the United Nations should take steps in the near future to exploit the operational characteristics of lighter-than-air (LTA) and hybrid aircraft in support of its peace and humanitarian operations. Continued progress in the development of LTA transport system makes this a timely issue. At the same time, this progress highlights persistent challenges to the conduct of reliable and safe LTA operations, particularly in the face of bad weather and threats from groups hostile to the UN mission. The report examines this issue in four sections: (1) the potential advantages of LTA operations; (2) their disadvantages; (3) …
Trends. Why Humanitarian Workers Should Be Killed: A Perspective From Nietzschean Slave Morality, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Why Humanitarian Workers Should Be Killed: A Perspective From Nietzschean Slave Morality, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This Trends article discusses different views of the murders of United Nations humanitarian workers in Iraq – first, from a modern Western perspective, and, second, from the perspective of Friedrich Nietzsche as he considered the transvaluation of what is Good on the part of the powerless.
Special Article. Commentaries On A World At War: Sars, Weapons Of Mass Destruction, Preemption, The United Nations, International Respect And Confidence, And Truth., Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article highlights cognitive difficulties exposed by examples of contemporary security conflict.
Trends. Subtle And Obvious Items In Psychological Assessment: The Case Of Iraq, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Subtle And Obvious Items In Psychological Assessment: The Case Of Iraq, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This Trends article discusses the types of questions asked of Iraqi authorities by United Nations weapons inspectors in the process of searching for weapons of mass destruction as well as validity for the questioning process.
On Ethical Peacekeeping: Ambivalence And Politics At The United Nations, Ibpp Editor
On Ethical Peacekeeping: Ambivalence And Politics At The United Nations, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article highlights the significant interdependence between strategic and ethical concerns in international peacekeeping controlled by the United Nations (UN).