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From The Ibpp Research Associates. Venezuela: Sharon Reimel De Carrasquel, Sharon Reimel De Carrasquel Dec 1998

From The Ibpp Research Associates. Venezuela: Sharon Reimel De Carrasquel, Sharon Reimel De Carrasquel

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author, Sharon Reimel de Carrasquel, discusses the recently held presidential election in Venezuela.


Trends. Bombing Iraq: The Relativity Of Time, Ibpp Editor Dec 1998

Trends. Bombing Iraq: The Relativity Of Time, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the recent military attack on Iraq by the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK).


An Update On Sex And Politics, Ibpp Editor Dec 1998

An Update On Sex And Politics, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article identifies some of the common psychological phenomena related to sexual allegations against political leaders.


Trends. The Inside Threat To The Outsider: Venezuela's Hugo Chavez Frias, Ibpp Editor Dec 1998

Trends. The Inside Threat To The Outsider: Venezuela's Hugo Chavez Frias, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the political strategy of running for political office as an "outsider" in representative democracies.


Explorations In Causality And Causal Attributions: Russians On The Murder Of Galina Starovoitova, Ibpp Editor Dec 1998

Explorations In Causality And Causal Attributions: Russians On The Murder Of Galina Starovoitova, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article illustrates the complexities of attributing psychological import to causal attributions. The recent murder of a Russian psychologist/politician is employed as a socio-emotive backdrop.


Nuclear Psychologies: On The First Use Of Nuclear Weapons And Reductions In Nuclear Arsenals, Ibpp Editor Dec 1998

Nuclear Psychologies: On The First Use Of Nuclear Weapons And Reductions In Nuclear Arsenals, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes how the psychological rationales for, and the consequences of, the same nuclear policies can be constructed very differently by different groups of nuclear policymakers. Some possible rationales for these differences are offered.


Trends. Bailing Out Of A Bailout: The Case Of Brazil, Ibpp Editor Nov 1998

Trends. Bailing Out Of A Bailout: The Case Of Brazil, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses international bailouts that are dependent on behavioral promises.


Motivational Impediments And Multilateral Inspections: The Case Of Unscom, Ibpp Editor Nov 1998

Motivational Impediments And Multilateral Inspections: The Case Of Unscom, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes impediments to multilateral inspections that are sanctioned by a multilateral political entity to proscribe the development, production, storage, deployment, and employment of weapons of mass destruction.


Trends. United States Government Policy In Iraq: Killing, Killing, Or Killing?, Ibpp Editor Nov 1998

Trends. United States Government Policy In Iraq: Killing, Killing, Or Killing?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses imminent military attacks in Iraq, discussing potential impact on the country as well as on Saddam Hussein.


The Organization For Security And Cooperation In Europe And Its 2,000-Member Multinational Force: Doing Milosevic's Dirty Work, Ibpp Editor Nov 1998

The Organization For Security And Cooperation In Europe And Its 2,000-Member Multinational Force: Doing Milosevic's Dirty Work, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses whether the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will be able to field all 2,000 members of the multinational force scheduled to observe Yugoslavian and Serbian Government forces in Kosovo.


Spying For Friends As An Unfriendly Act: Another Review Of The Pollard Case, Ibpp Editor Nov 1998

Spying For Friends As An Unfriendly Act: Another Review Of The Pollard Case, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some negative consequences of an intelligence analyst from Country A providing classified information to allied Country B in an unauthorized fashion.


Trends. A Strategic-Moral Calculus: For The Mathematically Or Morally Challenged?, Ibpp Editor Nov 1998

Trends. A Strategic-Moral Calculus: For The Mathematically Or Morally Challenged?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the strategic-moral calculus that confronts the United States Government (USG) on many fronts.


Trends. Countering The Proliferation Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction: Just Whistling In The Dark, Ibpp Editor Nov 1998

Trends. Countering The Proliferation Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction: Just Whistling In The Dark, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses how to counter the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.


Deconstruction Of Public Policy In The Aftermath Of The Wye Plantation Summit: Reaffirming A Nullification In The Palestinian National Charter, Ibpp Editor Oct 1998

Deconstruction Of Public Policy In The Aftermath Of The Wye Plantation Summit: Reaffirming A Nullification In The Palestinian National Charter, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article analyzes the Wye Memorandum prescription to proscribe the Palestinian National Charter's (PNC) written provisions to destroy the Israeli state. The analysis is based on both deontological and consequentialist positions. (Embry-Riddle University student Lou Adesso III provided the creative impetus for this article.)


The Politics Of Credibility: Stories And The Fate Of Storytellers In Contexts Of Human Rights Violations, Ibpp Editor Oct 1998

The Politics Of Credibility: Stories And The Fate Of Storytellers In Contexts Of Human Rights Violations, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article highlights the contrast between the expectations about accurate and truthful memory of political officials and the scientific psychology of memory and narrative in the assessment of alleged human rights victims.


Trends. Salman Rushdie And Taslima Nasrin: Terrorists?, Ibpp Editor Oct 1998

Trends. Salman Rushdie And Taslima Nasrin: Terrorists?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses fatwas that have been issued against United Kingdom's Salman Rushdie and Bangladesh's Taslima Nasrin.


Trends. The Political Psychology Of Economic Policy: Is The Emperor Wearing No Clothes? Is There An Emperor?, Ibpp Editor Oct 1998

Trends. The Political Psychology Of Economic Policy: Is The Emperor Wearing No Clothes? Is There An Emperor?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the global economic crisis.


The Politics Of Industrial/Organizational Psychology And The Myers Briggs Type Indicator: What Is Jungian About A Jungian Approach?, Ibpp Editor Oct 1998

The Politics Of Industrial/Organizational Psychology And The Myers Briggs Type Indicator: What Is Jungian About A Jungian Approach?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article analyzes the most common contribution stemming from a variant of analytic (Jungian) psychology as applied to prescriptions and proscriptions for industries and organizations. The contribution, viz., a personality typological theory, may have lost its "Jungness" through the application.


Self-Harm As Control Of The Other: A Clinical-Political Nexus, Ibpp Editor Oct 1998

Self-Harm As Control Of The Other: A Clinical-Political Nexus, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article provides explanations for a seemingly paradoxical behavior--harming of the self when one seems to wish not to be harmed. The explanation is illustrated by clinical and by political example.


Trends. The Global Threat Of Fundamentalism, Ibpp Editor Oct 1998

Trends. The Global Threat Of Fundamentalism, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the movement of neoclassical economics adhered to by leaders of the International Monetary Fund, many Western central bankers, ministers of finance, and global investors.


Comments On A Study Of Northern Irish Political Attitudes, Ibpp Editor Oct 1998

Comments On A Study Of Northern Irish Political Attitudes, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article provides a commentary on the recent development of a set of objective measures of political attitudes among residents of Northern Ireland. The article is a continuation of a series on research that was presented at the 1998 American Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco, California.


Assassination: A Tool Of Terror Management Or Of Counterterrorism?, Ibpp Editor Oct 1998

Assassination: A Tool Of Terror Management Or Of Counterterrorism?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes Issues relevant to evaluating assassination as a viable tool of governmental security policy to counter terrorism. The creative inspiration and much of the research for this article was accomplished by IBPP Research Assistant and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University student Lou Adesso III.


Politics And Psychology: Assessment And The Law, Ibpp Editor Oct 1998

Politics And Psychology: Assessment And The Law, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article highlights one significant impediment to valid psychological assessment in support of the criminal justice system.


Trends. Declarations On Civil Rights, Freedom, And Social Justice: Chinese Sophistry And Sophistication, Ibpp Editor Oct 1998

Trends. Declarations On Civil Rights, Freedom, And Social Justice: Chinese Sophistry And Sophistication, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses Chinese human rights advocates who have initiated the circulation of documents in regards to civil rights and social justice in the People's Republic of China.


Trends. The Proliferation Of Nuclear Weapons And Economic Recession: Global Crises That Turn Right Thinking On Its Head, Ibpp Editor Oct 1998

Trends. The Proliferation Of Nuclear Weapons And Economic Recession: Global Crises That Turn Right Thinking On Its Head, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the impact of the end of the cold war on the rest of the world.


Trends. Mexico, Illicit Drugs, And Psychological Assessment: Reliability And Validity As Pipe Dreams, Ibpp Editor Sep 1998

Trends. Mexico, Illicit Drugs, And Psychological Assessment: Reliability And Validity As Pipe Dreams, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses top-level and elite law enforcement and criminal justice officials in Mexico seem to have been cooperating with illicit drug-trafficking organizations and the support that they get from the United States.


Trends. Dubious Editorial On "Dubious Decisions On The Sudan": A Counterterrorist And Intelligence Concern, Ibpp Editor Sep 1998

Trends. Dubious Editorial On "Dubious Decisions On The Sudan": A Counterterrorist And Intelligence Concern, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses an editorial in the September 23, 1998 Issue of The New York Times that describes the possible analytic fallacies in the United States Government's (USG) decision to target a pharmaceutical plant in the Sudan.


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. The Jericho Casino And Terrorism: A Gamble Or A Sure Thing?, Ibpp Editor Sep 1998

Trends. The Jericho Casino And Terrorism: A Gamble Or A Sure Thing?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the psycho-social impact of a casino being built in Jericho in the West Bank.


Sexual Seduction, Illicit Sex, And Licit Sex: International And National Leaders As Targets Of Intelligence Operations, Ibpp Editor Sep 1998

Sexual Seduction, Illicit Sex, And Licit Sex: International And National Leaders As Targets Of Intelligence Operations, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the varied consequences that could be achieved by a hostile intelligence service through effecting the sexual seduction of an international or national leader or through exploiting ongoing illicit or licit sex engaged in by that leader.