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Psychological Assessment: What Will The Future Bring?, Ibpp Editor Jun 2011

Psychological Assessment: What Will The Future Bring?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the (de)valuation of psychological assessment from various perspectives.


Why The Destruction Of History Makes Sense, Ibpp Editor Oct 2003

Why The Destruction Of History Makes Sense, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes a political psychology of the construct of history.


Context And Demonizing The I.R.A., Ibpp Editor Nov 2002

Context And Demonizing The I.R.A., Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article questions a consensus that the I.R.A. is largely responsible for the recent suspension of Northern Ireland’s home-rule government by the United Kingdom.


Vestiges Of Communism And Personnel Security, Ibpp Editor Sep 2002

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.


Weapons As Weapons: Another Northern Ireland Impasse, Ibpp Editor Jul 2001

Weapons As Weapons: Another Northern Ireland Impasse, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article explores the psychology of weapons possession in the context of political conflict in Northern Ireland.


Trends. The Idolatry Of Ignorance And Iconoclasm: Notes On The Taliban, Ibpp Editor Mar 2001

Trends. The Idolatry Of Ignorance And Iconoclasm: Notes On The Taliban, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The New York Times has reported that at least some Taliban authorities have directed that all statues in Afghanistan--including those commonly viewed as priceless exemplars of cultural (largely Buddhist) heritage and as treasures--be destroyed. The Taliban's rationale--that these statues have been used as idols and deities by non-Islamic believers and may be turned into idols in the future--is largely discussed in the context of leading to a global cultural catastrophe, as an unacceptable decision, as gratuitous vandalism, as exemplifying a rigid ignorance deserving unique contempt and disgust.


Turks, Armenians, And Genocide: Is Genocide Foreign To Foreign Policy?, Ibpp Editor Oct 2000

Turks, Armenians, And Genocide: Is Genocide Foreign To Foreign Policy?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes difficulties in forging foreign policy consensus on preventing, attenuating, or intervening to stop genocide.


Trends. Truth And Narrative: The Case Of Ballistic Missile Defense, Ibpp Editor Sep 2000

Trends. Truth And Narrative: The Case Of Ballistic Missile Defense, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, and the politics and the narrative politicians tell themselves for pragmatic purposes.


A Place For Ahistoricism In The Mideast, Ibpp Editor Aug 2000

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).


Trends. Correct Political Incorrectness: Can Germans Be Right About Jews?, Ibpp Editor Jul 2000

Trends. Correct Political Incorrectness: Can Germans Be Right About Jews?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses former Chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl's analogy, which compared boycotts of his fundraising campaign to pay for fines incurred on his political party because of his illegal and illicit fund-raising initiatives to Nazi-era boycotts of Jewish shops.


Trends. Developmental Psychology And The Uses Of History: Does The Past Affect The Present And The Future?, Ibpp Editor Aug 1998

Trends. Developmental Psychology And The Uses Of History: Does The Past Affect The Present And The Future?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses how the psychological past significantly affects the psychological present and future.


A Psychological Task Of The Historian, Ibpp Editor May 1998

A Psychological Task Of The Historian, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article employs the philosopher Martin Heidegger's juxtaposition of being and language to highlight a very difficult an often ignored task of the historian.


Trends. Dead Souls: Comment On The Luxor Murders, Ibpp Editor Nov 1997

Trends. Dead Souls: Comment On The Luxor Murders, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

In this analysis, the author discusses an act of terrorism that occurred in Luxor Egypt, with a significant part of the research being done by Steven Cornell.


The Past From The Present: Comments On The Social Construction Of Machiavellianism, Ibpp Editor Jul 1997

The Past From The Present: Comments On The Social Construction Of Machiavellianism, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article presents different meanings of the term Machiavellianism and posits a mechanism of social construction to explain these differences.