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Trends. Globalization And Security: Somalia, Indonesia, And The Import Of Mobility, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the potential for significant impact on the security of nation-states that illegal immigrants can have.

Trends. Alternative Therapies And Resistance To Disconfirming Information In Security Bureaucracies: Perspective Of A Fourth Grader, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the science experiment of a fourth-grader in relation to practitioners of alternative therapies and the health field.

The American Executive Syllabus, Steven Alan Samson

Faculty Publications and Presentations

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The Midwest Quarterly; Vol. 39 No. 3, Victoria Wodzak, A. James Wohlpart, B. H. Gilley, Mathew Miller, Arthur Scheer, Nancy Clasby, Laura Lee Washburn, Priscilla Atkins, Eric Gardner, Kim Horner, Michael Hudson, Gary Lechliter, Robert Lee, Susan Marshall, Dennis Saleh, James Scofield, Lauren Smith, Ronald Wallace, Adonna Zordel Helmig, Kenneth Robbins, Midwest Quarterly Editors

The Midwest Quarterly: A Journal of Contemporary Thought

VICTORIA WODZAK elegantly limns the distance, interaction, and tension between warriors and weavers, the heroic code and the domestic code, in classical epics, notably those of Homer and Beowulf. Wodzak is a Ph.D. candidate in the English program of the University of Missouri-Columbia, teaches composition for that Department, and not least is the mother of seven children, ages one to sixteen, to whom she attributes at least part of the inspiration for her essay. This is her first published scholarly work.

A. JAMES WOHLPART discusses the deft use Mary Shelley made of Frankenstein to comment on the isolation of …

Trends. Black, White, And Shades Of Grey: A Perspective On Kosovo, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the brutal crackdowns by Serbian police and paramilitary forces against individuals of Albanian ethnicity in Kosovo province.

A Mnemonic For Intelligence Analysis And Operations, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes and critiques the self-reference effect as a mnemonic facilitating intelligence analysis and operations.

Security Bureaucracies: The Psychology Of Keeping And Divulging Secrets, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes aspects of the psychology of keeping and divulging secrets to inform policies of security bureaucracies' human resource managers.

The Political Essence Of Jungian Psychology: Thoughts On The Death Of Marie-Louise Von Franz, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article posits that a democratic, nonracist politics permeates Jungian psychology.

Trends. France And The National Front: The Psychology Of Fanaticism, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the significant controversy in France over the political viability and morality of conservative politicians accepting support from the far-right National Front in regional assemblies.

The Future Interface Of Political And Industrial/Organizational Psychologies: The Case Of Air Traffic Controllers, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article presents a brief overview of future psychological challenges bearing on the improving the performance of air traffic controllers. The most significant challenges appear to be philosophical, political, social, and cultural.

In Passing: The Political Psychology Of "As If" As A Tool Of Security Policy, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article comments on the adaptive consequences for international security policy of formally ascribing a reality to a reality that seemingly doesn't exist.

Trends. Human Rights In The People's Republic Of China: On Rewards And Leverage, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the Clinton administration's announcement that it will not sponsor this year's resolution before the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva that would condemn the People's Republic of China (PRC) for human rights violations.

Psychological Profiles And Illegal Political Violence: A Commentary, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article provides guidance as to the nature of psychological profiles that best facilitate predicting, preventing, and attenuating illegal political violence.

Trends. Nuclear Weapons Policy In India: Admitting, Denying, Or Deflecting The Truth, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the possibility the India may have nuclear weapons.

Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs: The Motivations Of Zapatistas, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the hypothetical construct of motivation and illustrates a political application of Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

Trends. A Strategic Defense Initiative Against Biological Warfare: Sense? Nonsense? Mal Vu, Mal Dit?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) that was initiated by United States (US) President Ronald Reagan during his first term.

Trends. Injustice Through Justice Within The Ins And The Fbi: Fertile Territory For Information, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the quest for justice, in which policymakers, legislators, and those who seek to influence them sometimes seek to effect mandatory sequences of adjudicative procedure upon allegations of misbehavior.

Biological Warfare As Psychological Warfare, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the psychological benefits of an offensive biological warfare program

Intelligence Operations And Personality: Are There Guidelines For Assessment?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article explores whether there are appropriate guidelines for assessing the personality of a potential intelligence agent.

Trends. Globalization: The Ethnopsychological Shortfall In Negotiations On Weapons Nonproliferation, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses increasing interdependence that comes with globalization.

The Psychology Of Moral Judgment: Further Complexities For Personnel Security Programs, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes psychological research that complicates the personnel security quest to minimize intentional violations of law, regulation, and procedure.

Trends. Globalization: Good News For The Militarily, Environmentally, And Economically Challenged, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

With globalization comes increasing interdependence. With this interdependence comes increasing military, environmental, and economic threats from the weak.

Trends. The Latest Victory Of Saddam Hussein, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the advantages that were obtained by Saddam Hussein in negotiations with United Nations (UN) Secretary General Kofi Annan.

Policy Guidelines On Sex For Security Bureaucracies, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article provides policy guidelines for personnel managers within security bureaucracies on sexual dispositions.

Trends. Against A Moratorium On Further Nato Expansion: The Us Secretary Of State's Shaky, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This analysis discusses a temporary moratorium on North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) expansion beyond the addition of Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary.

Right, Left, Right On, Or Left Out: New Directions For Political Road Maps?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article illustrates problems for social constructions of the political right and left.

Bombing Iraq As Therapeutic Intervention: Symptom Substitution As Consequence, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article presents the construct of symptom substitution as a heuristic to delineate the likely, problematic consequences of bombing Iraq.

Trends. Brief Discourse Analysis Of A Call To Arms: Rationale For Not Bombing Iraq, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses making a case for military intervention against Iraq.

Trends. The Shevardnadze Assassination Attempt: The Extinction Of Extinction?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the assassination attempt against Eduard Shevardnadze, President of Georgia.

The Psychology Of The Outsider: The Problem Of Being And Becoming Camus, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the essence and statistical rarity of the psychological outsider in political engagement.