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Why Terrorism? Whose Terror?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author considers terrorism as a competitor for the legally constituted authority and power of governments.

Vestiges Of Communism And Personnel Security, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article illustrates several interpretive difficulties in employing personnel security criteria in the context of national security.

Democracy And Violence: A Review Of "The Democratic Experience And Political Violence", Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article is a book review of The Democratic Experience and Political Violence. The book was co-edited by David Rapoport, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles and Leonard Weinberg, Foundation Professor of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Terrorism As Defense, Defense As Terrorism, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some definitional complexities of the construct terrorism.

Falling Dominoes In 2001: Nuclear Weapons And Weapons Of Mass Destruction, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes psychologies of inevitability and their foundations pertaining to nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction.

Ideologies That Kill: One Way In, No Way Out, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the phenomenon of ideology as an ineluctable trap from which there is no detour and no escape.

The Truth On Living In Truth, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article delineates a significant problem with Vaclav Havel's analysis of the power of the powerless through living in truth.

Trends. Head Count And Nuclear War: What To Believe, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses three significant conundrums that arise in planning to deter nuclear war: 1. decapitation of the strength of the opposition; 2. lack of clear ontological validity for nuclear weapons-related language; and 3. the simultaneity of deterrence and provocation in one action.

Back To The F Scale: Milosevic As Authoritarian, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the "fit" of Slobodan Milosevic's personality with the classic construct of the authoritarian as conceptualized by the initial form of the F Scale.

Nuclear Weapons In The 21st Century: Sense, Nonsense, No Sense, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article considers commonly posited benefits of nation-states' possessing nuclear weapons.

A Place For Ahistoricism In The Mideast, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article advocates for an ahistoricism in conflict resolution between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA).

Wanted: New Methodologies For Peace, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes problems with common methodological approaches to developing knowledge that will prevent war and attain peace.

Bluffing And Calling The Bluff: The Intent To Employ Nuclear Weapons, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the psychology of bluffing as it pertains to threatening employment of nuclear weapons.

Ibpp Research Associates: Azerbaijan, Government Of Azerbaijan, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article involves fragments of the English language version of the constitution of the Azerbaijan Republic- -in force since November 27, 1995. The full version of the document is currently available at https://en.president.az/azerbaijan/constitution.

The following articles from the Azerbaijani constitution are listed, complete with text from the document:

• Article 72. Principal Obligations of Citizens.
• Article 73. Taxes and other State Duties.
• Article 74. Loyalty to Homeland.
• Article 75. Respect For State Symbols.
• Article 76. Defense of Homeland.
• Article 77. Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments.
• Article 78. Environmental Protection.
• Article 79. Prohibition to Execute Responsibilities Contradicting The Law.
• Article …

The Man Who Would Be King: Thoughts On The Death Of Saw Maung, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some common psychological pathways resulting in political leaders believing that they are more than they are.

Theory And Practice In The Career Of Fernando Henrique Cardoso: Part Iii, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This is the third and final installment of an article which provides an analysis of an individual accomplished as a scholar of politics (through sociology) and a formal politician. The author is Dr. Ted Goertzel of Rutgers University. He can be reached at goertzel@crab.rutgers.edu.

The "As Ifs" Of Political Psychology, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This paper describes different concepts of "as if" that are basic to political psychology for descriptive and inferential analysis.

Theory And Practice In The Career Of Fernando Henrique Cardoso: Part Ii, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This is the second installment of an analysis of a man who was both a scholar of politics and the political leader of his country. (See IBPP, Vol. 2, No. 10.) The article was written by Dr. Ted Goertzel of Rutgers University. Dr. Goertzel can be reached at goertzel@crab.rutgers.edu.

Theory And Practice In The Career Of Fernando Henrique Cardoso: Part I, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

Political psychologists often contemplate the significance of their research--theoretical, empirical--for the practice of politics. Too often, seemingly valuable research is ignored, discounted, misperceived, and misapplied by political practitioners. Yet occasionally researchers practice politics as well--not just the politics of everyday life--but the formal politics of local, regional, national, and international entities. In the United States, Woodrow Wilson, Eugene McCarthy, and even Newt Gingrich come immediately to mind. What will be the interaction of research and practice when both are developed and implemented by the same individual? Dr. Ted Goertzel of Rutgers University has written the following article concerning another researcher-practitioner--Fernando …

Problems With Political Types, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The editor discusses and evaluates the concept of typology in the context of political psychology, including those who use typology as a tool.