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Trends. Can One Be Against The Withdrawal Of An Occupying Force? The Case Of Israel And Editor: Southern Lebanon, Ibpp Editor May 2000

Trends. Can One Be Against The Withdrawal Of An Occupying Force? The Case Of Israel And Editor: Southern Lebanon, Ibpp Editor

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This article discusses the potential political and military ramifications of Israel withdrawing its occupying forces from Southern Lebanon.

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Trends. Terrorism And The Death Penalty, Ibpp Editor May 2000

Trends. Terrorism And The Death Penalty, Ibpp Editor

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This article examines the prudence of seeking the death penalty against a defendant implicated in the bombings of US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

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Racial Profiling In The Persian Gulf: Ethical, Moral, And Legal Implications, Ibpp Editor Apr 2000

Racial Profiling In The Persian Gulf: Ethical, Moral, And Legal Implications, Ibpp Editor

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This article describes attributions about race and ethnicity that color the discourse on the ethics, morality, and legality of profiling.

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Trends. Hissen Habre And Human Rights: Right Or Wrong?, Ibpp Editor Mar 2000

Trends. Hissen Habre And Human Rights: Right Or Wrong?, Ibpp Editor

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This article discusses which high authorities (or national leaders), inside a given country and outside it, may be held accountable for human rights violations in given place.

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Psychological Pathways To Minimizing Human Rights Violations Against Children, Ibpp Editor Feb 2000

Psychological Pathways To Minimizing Human Rights Violations Against Children, Ibpp Editor

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This article identifies several psychological pathways that governments and human rights organizations can employ to minimize human rights violations against children.

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Abortion As Killing By The Numbers: An Immoral Approach To Sanctioning Political Violence, Ibpp Editor Feb 2000

Abortion As Killing By The Numbers: An Immoral Approach To Sanctioning Political Violence, Ibpp Editor

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This article critiques one quantitative approach to morally supporting violence tolerated and/or approved by a formally constituted authority.

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Trends. Civilians And Meanings Of Collateral Damage: Hezbollah And Israel, Ibpp Editor Feb 2000

Trends. Civilians And Meanings Of Collateral Damage: Hezbollah And Israel, Ibpp Editor

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This article discusses Israeli government attacks on Lebanon, which wounded Lebanese civilians and destroyed materiel infrastructure. The idea of collateral damage is the article's focus.

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Trends. Does Ethnic Cleansing Have Pros And Cons? An Example From Burundi, Ibpp Editor Feb 2000

Trends. Does Ethnic Cleansing Have Pros And Cons? An Example From Burundi, Ibpp Editor

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This article discusses ethnic cleansing (using Burundi as a case study) in the context of physical security.

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Trends. Haider Hypocrisy, Ibpp Editor Feb 2000

Trends. Haider Hypocrisy, Ibpp Editor

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This article discusses Jorg Haider's Freedom Party in Austria, and its racism, xenophobia, and ethnocentrism, as well as the impact of political pressure from teh United States and European Union.

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The Politics Of Geropsychology: Kohl And Weizman, Ibpp Editor Jan 2000

The Politics Of Geropsychology: Kohl And Weizman, Ibpp Editor

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This article comments on geropsychological inferences that may be related to two recent scandals involving aging political leaders.

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Utopia In The 21st Century: A Totalitarian Dilemma, Ibpp Editor Jan 2000

Utopia In The 21st Century: A Totalitarian Dilemma, Ibpp Editor

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This article describes the construct of utopia, examples of the construct, the common political consequences that the construct engenders, and the intractability of modifying the incidence and prevalence of utopias and their consequences.

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The Tyranny Of Elections: After The Coup In Pakistan, Ibpp Editor Jan 2000

The Tyranny Of Elections: After The Coup In Pakistan, Ibpp Editor

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This article discusses the political coup of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Pakistan by General Pervez Musharraf. At issue is the difference between procedural and substantive justice.

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The Professional Academic And Hubris: The Case Of Yongyi Song, Ibpp Editor Jan 2000

The Professional Academic And Hubris: The Case Of Yongyi Song, Ibpp Editor

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This article describes a reification of academic activities in a world where there may be many kings. This reification is often employed as a vehicle to support human and civil rights initiatives. Unfortunately, this vehicle may mitigate against such rights.

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Trends. Causal Attributions And The Subversion Of Time: Would An Indictment Of The Israeli Foreign, Ibpp Editor May 1999

Trends. Causal Attributions And The Subversion Of Time: Would An Indictment Of The Israeli Foreign, Ibpp Editor

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The article discusses the indictment of the Israeli Foreign Minister by the Israeli State Attorney on charges of fraud, bribery, and witness tampering.

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Slavery And The Sudan: Can Good Works Be Good?, Ibpp Editor Mar 1999

Slavery And The Sudan: Can Good Works Be Good?, Ibpp Editor

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This article focuses on the consequences of attempts to free slaves and abolish slavery in the Sudan.

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The Case Of Abdullah Ocalan: Interrogation, Torture, And Truth, Ibpp Editor Feb 1999

The Case Of Abdullah Ocalan: Interrogation, Torture, And Truth, Ibpp Editor

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This article presents arguments against conflating ethical, moral, and legal concerns with efficacy concerns regarding interrogation and torture.

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Aborting The Pros And Cons Of Abortion: No Escaping The Killing Fields, Ibpp Editor Feb 1999

Aborting The Pros And Cons Of Abortion: No Escaping The Killing Fields, Ibpp Editor

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This article critiques rationales of both opponents and supporters of intentionally aborting a human fetus. The critique has implications for arriving at legal, ethical, and moral judgments.

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A Case Against Bringing Monsters To Justice: Pinochet, Deterrence, And Personal Identity, Ibpp Editor Dec 1998

A Case Against Bringing Monsters To Justice: Pinochet, Deterrence, And Personal Identity, Ibpp Editor

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This article presents a philosophical psychology case against subjecting former national leaders who allegedly committed atrocities committed while they were in power to adjudication through a criminal or civil justice system.

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Original Sin And The Power Of Narrative In Intelligence Operations, Ibpp Editor Sep 1998

Original Sin And The Power Of Narrative In Intelligence Operations, Ibpp Editor

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This article illustrates how the intent of a political community to demand sinless behavior in its leaders can sow the seeds for that community's demise.

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Trends. A Stain On The Red, White, And Blue: Sex And United States (U.S.) Foreign Policy, Ibpp Editor Aug 1998

Trends. A Stain On The Red, White, And Blue: Sex And United States (U.S.) Foreign Policy, Ibpp Editor

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The author discusses the impact of the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal on Bill Clinton's foreign policy

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Trends. Injustice Through Justice Within The Ins And The Fbi: Fertile Territory For Information, Ibpp Editor Mar 1998

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

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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.

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Trends. Clinton's Saddam Hussein Problem, Ibpp Editor Jan 1998

Trends. Clinton's Saddam Hussein Problem, Ibpp Editor

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The author discusses the similarities between the problems of the United States (US) President and the current Iraqi leader.

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Trends. Human Rights And Mental Health: What Happens When The Right Are Wrong?, Ibpp Editor Nov 1997

Trends. Human Rights And Mental Health: What Happens When The Right Are Wrong?, Ibpp Editor

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In this analysis the author discusses the moral and ethical criteria of those who seek to prevent human rights violations.

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Security, Lying, And The Strategic-Moral Calculus, Ibpp Editor Jul 1997

Security, Lying, And The Strategic-Moral Calculus, Ibpp Editor

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This article elaborates on truth and falsehood as both developmental psychological and political phenomena.

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Theory And Practice In The Career Of Fernando Henrique Cardoso: Part Iii, Ibpp Editor Jul 1997

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

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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 [email protected].

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Theory And Practice In The Career Of Fernando Henrique Cardoso: Part Ii, Ibpp Editor Jul 1997

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

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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 [email protected].

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Theory And Practice In The Career Of Fernando Henrique Cardoso: Part I, Ibpp Editor Jul 1997

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

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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 …

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Abolishing Nuclear Weapons: Psychological Freedom Or Escape From Freedom?, Ibpp Editor Jan 1997

Abolishing Nuclear Weapons: Psychological Freedom Or Escape From Freedom?, Ibpp Editor

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The author discusses the aspects of efforts to abolish nuclear weapons.

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The Psychology Of Moral Judgment: Applications For Counterintelligence And Personnel Security, Ibpp Editor Nov 1996

The Psychology Of Moral Judgment: Applications For Counterintelligence And Personnel Security, Ibpp Editor

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The editor discusses psychological aspects of moral development, referencing the work of Lawrence Kohlberg, in the context of espionage.

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The Psychology Of Conspiracy, Ibpp Editor Nov 1996

The Psychology Of Conspiracy, Ibpp Editor

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The editor discusses the psychological and moral aspects of chemical weapons in the context of terrorism and conspiracies.

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