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Philosophical Issues In Verification Of Weapons Limitation, Reduction, And Nonproliferation Treaties, Ibpp Editor
Philosophical Issues In Verification Of Weapons Limitation, Reduction, And Nonproliferation Treaties, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes some of the philosophical Issues that permeate the belief systems of individuals attempting to craft and/or evaluate the verification components of various weapons-related treaties.
Pen, Peru, Pornography, Propaganda, And Power, Ibpp Editor
Pen, Peru, Pornography, Propaganda, And Power, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The author discusses the postmodern approaches to basic tenets of science which often deconstruct basic concepts such as cause and effect, prediction, empirical validation, and the like.
Getting Away With Murder: The Mass Media's Role In Staging Crime, Ibpp Editor
Getting Away With Murder: The Mass Media's Role In Staging Crime, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes a problem created by the mass media and confronted by criminal-investigative analysts at crime scenes at which murder seems to have been perpetrated.
Rumor Analysis: Nato, Radiation Weapons, And Gornja Omarska, Ibpp Editor
Rumor Analysis: Nato, Radiation Weapons, And Gornja Omarska, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article identifies factors contributing to the credibility of a rumor transmitted by and among some Bosnian Serbs that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) employed radiation weapons in it's 1995 bombing campaign leading up to the Dayton peace accords.
Taking Down The Tupac Amaru: A Personal Account, Ibpp Editor
Taking Down The Tupac Amaru: A Personal Account, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article was submitted by Cesar Gayoso, Policy Analyst and Editor of Taller de Psicologia, who is affiliated with Pontificia Universidad Catolicia del Peru. He also is an IBPP Regional Editor and he desires commentary from readers . His article is a personal account of the political psychological effects of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement's (MRTA) takeover of the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima, Peru, the Peruvian government's operation to end the takeover and free hostages, and the operation's aftermath. Readers should also consult "Taking Down the Tupac Amaru: The Best and Worst of Counterterrorism" in IBPP, Vol. 2, No. …
Intelligence On Intelligence: Comments On Khamisiyah, Ibpp Editor
Intelligence On Intelligence: Comments On Khamisiyah, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This paper describes some of the problems intrinsic to intelligence analysis. The description derives from a close reading of the unclassified document “Khamisiyah: A Historical Perspective on Related Intelligence” (9 April 1997) which was prepared by a United States (US) Intelligence Community (IC) Persian Gulf War Illnesses Task Force authorized by the Acting Director of Central Intelligence, George J.Tenet, and directed by his Special Assistant for Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses, Robert Walpole.
Political Propaganda: A Postmodernist Analysis (Part Iii), Ibpp Editor
Political Propaganda: A Postmodernist Analysis (Part Iii), Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The last installment of this article posits proto-principles of propaganda. (See IBPP Vol. 1, No. 17 and Vol. 2, No.1 for the first two installments.)
Political Propaganda: A Postmodernist Analysis (Part Ii), Ibpp Editor
Political Propaganda: A Postmodernist Analysis (Part Ii), Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
Part I of this paper (IBPP, Vol. 1, No. 17) describes the conceptual problems inherent to propaganda as process. Now Part II will describe the psychological rationale for why propaganda is employed by governments and nonstate actors regardless of these problems.