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Trends. Self, Security, And The Twenty-First Century, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

the author discusses impact of globalization and an ever-greater access to convenient, efficient, comprehensive, and quick telecommunications on the facilitation of the construction of a new homogeneous self.

Trends. Defenses Of Anti-Ballistic Missile Defenses, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article discusses the belief by opponents of developing new and improved anti-ballistic missile (ABM) defenses,that such a change may risk a new nuclear weapons arms race.

Shocked, Shocked In Serbia: Fundamental Attribution Errors, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes many of the conflicting causal attributions bearing on the European Union's attempts to provide heating fuel to Serbian towns controlled by political parties in opposition to the ruling Serbian coalition supporting the President of Yugoslavia, Slobodan Milosevic.

Democracy, Political Violence, And The Problem Of We, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes an unsavory aspect of representative democracy that is less explored than most of its putative benefits.

Trends. The Political Psychology Of Abortion And United Nations Funding, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses United States (US) executive and legislative branches meddling in international policy, especially as it relates to abortion.

Leftist Insurgent Movements In Colombia: How Moral Is Moral Suasion?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article explores moral suasion as a tool of insurgency and the morality of such suasion.

Trends. Defending Positions On Missile Defense: A Case Of Negative Transference?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article discusses the United States Government's(USG) proposed plan to go ahead with a national missile defense system against attacks by so-called rogue nation-states, terrorist groups, and other non-state actors.

The Terror Of Terrorism: Implications For Government Policy, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article critiques common definitions of terrorism and suggests that such definitions support the power of the powerful against the power of the powerless.

Trends. Unilateral Disarmament, Nuclear Deterrence, And Security: Psychological Support For The Nitze Option, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The editor discusses the Paul Nitze, a long-time United States (US) arms control expert, advocacy for the US to unilaterally "get rid of" its nuclear weapons.

Trends. The Political Psychology Of Expansion Of Labor Rights For Illegal Immigrants, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article discusses the EEOC's recent decision to extend various anti-discrimination rights to illegal immigrants.

A Critique Of Opposition To The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article presents a critique of recent arguments opposing ratification by the United States of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.

Trends. The Myth Of Apolitical Humanitarianism: The Nobel Prize And Doctors Without Borders, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the politics of humanitarian work.

Conflation Of Character And Susceptibility For Treason: Birds Of A Feather Or Strange Birds?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article explores the possibility that a conflation of character and susceptibility to treason is harmful to personnel security programs.

Trends. Deep In The Heart Of Texas: Threat Of Violence And The Duty To Warn, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article discusses violence in the mentally ill and the obligation to report potential threats.

Trends. The Pros And Cons Of Decapitation: An Example From Dagestan, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article explores the pros and cons of destroying or severely degrading the strategic command, control, and communication (C3) assets of a politico-military adversary--i.e., decapitation.

Trends. Global Warming, Policymaking, And Asymmetries Of Time, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses one of the most significant subtexts to political discourse on global warming, that of time.

Trends. Enemy Images And The Inscrutable Chinese: Implications For United States/People's Republic Of China Trade Talks, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article discusses the United States (US) foreign policy towards the Chinese nation.

On Political Predictability And Control: A Contribution From Rehabilitation Psychology, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article continues the series on research reported at the 1999 American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Convention, Boston, MA, August 24, 1999. The topic this week concerns perspectives on predictability and control from the field of rehabilitation psychology and implications of these perspectives for political psychology.

Trends. An Implosion Of Ideology: Bosnia, Kosovo, Northern Ireland, Palestine, The Soviet Union, And Beyond, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article discusses multiethnic, representative democracies (MRDs) that often promulgate and effect foreign policies that are founded on the ideological premise that instilling MRDs throughout the world is necessarily the optimal road to Good.

Group Therapy Through An Internet Chat Room: Implications For Virtual Politics, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article continues a series on research presented at the 1999 Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. The article provides empirical data that have implications for the psychology of a virtual politics that is increasingly common in a globalized world.

Ibpp Research Associates: East Timor, Anonymous

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article is a rushed letter from an anonymous individual involved in East Timor in late August or early September 1999 when Indonesian troops were present in the area. The letter was sent to the International Peace Practitioners Network (IPPN). For reference, IPPN is a project of the Peace Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association and of Psychologists for Social Responsibility

The letter itself was subsequently forwarded to IBPP by IPPN, and the content of the letter was not verified by IBPP.

IBPP commentary includes a discussion of the role of political psychologists, and other interested parties, in the …

Why Al Gore Will Not Be Elected President In 2000, Aubrey Immelman

Psychology Faculty Publications

This article highlights the key role of extraversion with reference to electoral success in U.S. presidential elections since the advent of television and argues that the introverted Al Gore will therefore not be elected president in 2000. Starting with Franklin D. Roosevelt, nearly every U.S. president has been extraverted relative to other U.S. presidents, except for Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter. Moreover, since the first televised presidential debate (between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon) in 1960, the more outgoing candidate has consistently won the election, with the exception of Nixon in 1968 and 1972.

When Bad Leads To Good: Airplane Crashes And The Political Psychology Of Stress, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article begins a series on research presented at the 1999 Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. The article suggests some of the complexities in the construct of stress and applies them to research on the psychological aftermath of surviving an airplane crash.

What Will Self-Admissions Of Atrocities Beget? The Case Of The Serbian Nation, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article examines the possible consequences of admitting national guilt in the perpetration of atrocities.

Trends. Racism, Racial Profiling, And Espionage: Wen Ho Lee As Victim?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author further discusses aspects of the Los Alamos National Laboratory espionage event.

Are There Differences Between Open And Closed Minds?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article outlines the case for significant congruence between open and closed minds as hypothetical constructs applied to ideological conflict in a political environment.

Trends. Kosovo: The Latest Reification Of Boundaries?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the boundary issues of Yugoslavia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Kosovo.

Mullah Mulling In Iran, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the main threats and psychopolitical options facing religious conservatives who seek to maintain supreme, earthly power in Iran.

Superpower Status And Paranoia: Costs And Benefits, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the inevitable paranoia and varied consequences that accrue towards a political superpower.

Can One Control People Who Can't Control Themselves? A Personnel Security Challenge, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article identifies a psychological phenomenon that is often ignored, discounted, and/or mismanaged within the personnel security programs of government and business.