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Trends. If You're So Right, Why Are We Sure You're So Wrong? Iraq, Free Riders, And Social Loafing, Ibpp Editor Oct 2002

Trends. If You're So Right, Why Are We Sure You're So Wrong? Iraq, Free Riders, And Social Loafing, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This Trends article discusses and evaluates public discourse surrounding the acceptability of militarily invading Iraq through a social psychological perspective. In social psychology, the research tradition for constructs such as free-riding and social loafing suggests that, wittingly or unwittingly, many political actors assume that the United States will act to address actual political threats in a certain way, and that they (the other political actors) can adopt contrarian ideological stances because they don’t have to address those same threats.


Trends. The Psychology Of Self-Preemptive Language And Action: Iraq And Weapons Of Mass Destruction, Ibpp Editor Oct 2002

Trends. The Psychology Of Self-Preemptive Language And Action: Iraq And Weapons Of Mass Destruction, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This Trends article discusses the difficulties the Bush Administration encountered when attempting to sell the invasion of Iraq to the rest of the world. Language, action, and global perceptions are discussed.


Iraqi Intelligence And Antiterrorism/Counterterrorism: A News Conference By Tahir Jalil Habbush Concerning Abu Nidal, Ibpp Editor Sep 2002

Iraqi Intelligence And Antiterrorism/Counterterrorism: A News Conference By Tahir Jalil Habbush Concerning Abu Nidal, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article explores difficulties in preventing and resolving terrorist operations that are planned by one’s adversaries for implementation against one’s political entity.


Threat And Threatening Language: Public Discourse On Iraq, Ibpp Editor Sep 2002

Threat And Threatening Language: Public Discourse On Iraq, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article explores the relationship of language, the construction of threat, and the constructor’s response to that which is constructed.


Sanctions That Work: The Bush Perspective On Iraq, Ibpp Editor Mar 2001

Sanctions That Work: The Bush Perspective On Iraq, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some implications of United States (US) President Bush's comments on "sanctions that work" in the context of US foreign policy towards Iraq.


Trends. Psychology And Sanctions: Why Saddam Won, Ibpp Editor Feb 2001

Trends. Psychology And Sanctions: Why Saddam Won, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the psychology of sanctions and the effect sanctions have had on the Iraqi people.


Trends. Why The United States Still Hasn't Shaken Its Vietnam Syndrome: The Case Of Iraq, Ibpp Editor Aug 2000

Trends. Why The United States Still Hasn't Shaken Its Vietnam Syndrome: The Case Of Iraq, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the the lingering presence of the Vietnam Syndrome - the idea that military successes seem to have little impact on the hearts and minds of large segments of a given country's population - in the United States' Operation DESERT STORM in Iraq.


Cultural Sensitivity As Malign Attribution: The United Nations And Planning For Arms Inspections In Iraq, Ibpp Editor Apr 2000

Cultural Sensitivity As Malign Attribution: The United Nations And Planning For Arms Inspections In Iraq, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes a subtext of United Nations (UN) planning for arms inspections in Iraq.


Trends. The Iraqi Crisis, Ibpp Editor Oct 1999

Trends. The Iraqi Crisis, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article discusses the security threat that Iraq presents to the world.


Trends. Meanwhile In Iraq: Just Say No Becomes Not Accepting Yes, Ibpp Editor Mar 1999

Trends. Meanwhile In Iraq: Just Say No Becomes Not Accepting Yes, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the continuation of efforts to weaken United Nations (UN)-inspired economic sanctions against Iraq.


Trends. Good Kurds, Bad Kurds, Curds And Whey, Ibpp Editor Feb 1999

Trends. Good Kurds, Bad Kurds, Curds And Whey, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the US foreign policy towards the Kurds in Turkey and northern Iraq, and how the perspective varies by geography and national borders.


Biological Warfare As Psychological Warfare Ii, Ibpp Editor Feb 1999

Biological Warfare As Psychological Warfare Ii, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

A previous IBPP article described a number of psychological warfare benefits of biological warfare. The present article discusses recent information reported in the Air Force Times within the context of these benefits.


Trends. Bombing Iraq: The Relativity Of Time, Ibpp Editor Dec 1998

Trends. Bombing Iraq: The Relativity Of Time, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the recent military attack on Iraq by the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK).


Trends. Straight Talk On Why Saddam Hussein Can't Go Straight, Ibpp Editor Nov 1998

Trends. Straight Talk On Why Saddam Hussein Can't Go Straight, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses Saddam Hussein's inability to give up nuclear weapons development.


Trends. United States Government Policy In Iraq: Killing, Killing, Or Killing?, Ibpp Editor Nov 1998

Trends. United States Government Policy In Iraq: Killing, Killing, Or Killing?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses imminent military attacks in Iraq, discussing potential impact on the country as well as on Saddam Hussein.


Rationales And Rationalizations: United States Government Policy Towards Iraqi Noncompliance With United Nations-Mandated Inspections And Monitoring, Ibpp Editor Aug 1998

Rationales And Rationalizations: United States Government Policy Towards Iraqi Noncompliance With United Nations-Mandated Inspections And Monitoring, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article identifies apparent inconsistencies in United States Government explanations for its current policy towards Iraqi noncompliance with the inspection and monitoring requirements of the United Nations. The article then posits an explanation for these inconsistencies in explanation.


Trends. Current Events In Northern Ireland, Mexico, And Iraq: The Timeless Problem In Intelligence Operations, Ibpp Editor Jun 1998

Trends. Current Events In Northern Ireland, Mexico, And Iraq: The Timeless Problem In Intelligence Operations, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the three kinds of intelligence operations and how they may make a future security challenge only that much more difficult to address.


Trends. Anthrax Vaccinations: Saddam Wins Again, Ibpp Editor May 1998

Trends. Anthrax Vaccinations: Saddam Wins Again, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author analyzes the human, financial, and strategic costs borne by the USG through its deployed personnel and materiel increment reactive to the recent inspection crisis in Iraq.


Trends. The Latest Victory Of Saddam Hussein, Ibpp Editor Feb 1998

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.


Trends. Brief Discourse Analysis Of A Call To Arms: Rationale For Not Bombing Iraq, Ibpp Editor Feb 1998

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. Military Intervention Against Iraq: A Script Analysis Of The Opponents, Ibpp Editor Feb 1998

Trends. Military Intervention Against Iraq: A Script Analysis Of The Opponents, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the public proponents of military intervention against Iraq if diplomacy fails and the far larger number of opponents to military intervention.


Trends. Iraq: To Bomb Or Not To Bomb?, Ibpp Editor Feb 1998

Trends. Iraq: To Bomb Or Not To Bomb?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author continues the analysis against initiating an "air war" employing bombs and missiles against Iraq as a punishment for violating United Nations directives.


Trends. Iran, Iraq, And Dual Containment: The Unbalanced Balance, Ibpp Editor Dec 1997

Trends. Iran, Iraq, And Dual Containment: The Unbalanced Balance, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses his views on whether or not US policy should change in regards to Iran and Iraq in the wake of allegedly conciliatory comments towards the USG made by Iranian President Mohammed Khatami and of continued noncompliance by Saddam Hussein with United Nations (UN)-mandated sanctions.


Trends. International Trade And The Subversion Of Justice: Japan, The European Union, And Iraq, Ibpp Editor Dec 1997

Trends. International Trade And The Subversion Of Justice: Japan, The European Union, And Iraq, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the moral philosophy, the psychology of moral judgment, and treatises on law often suggest that justice subsumes some combination of behavioral and intentional accountability and equity.


Trends. The Inspection Crisis: The Iraqi-Us Scorecard, Ibpp Editor Nov 1997

Trends. The Inspection Crisis: The Iraqi-Us Scorecard, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

In this analysis, the author further discusses the UN inspections for nuclear arms in Iraq.


Comments On Iraq, The United Nations (Un), And The Inspection Crisis: What Iraqi Error In Judgment?, Ibpp Editor Nov 1997

Comments On Iraq, The United Nations (Un), And The Inspection Crisis: What Iraqi Error In Judgment?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The Editor continues his diatribe of the Iraqi-UN crisis.


Trends. Miscalculating Miscalculations: Why Iraqi Threats Against The United States (Us) Make Sense, Ibpp Editor Nov 1997

Trends. Miscalculating Miscalculations: Why Iraqi Threats Against The United States (Us) Make Sense, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the political and psychological impact of of Iraq actions against the US in regards to UN generated nuclear inspections .


Trends. Libya, Iraq, And Sanctions-Busting Through Common Decency, Ibpp Editor Sep 1997

Trends. Libya, Iraq, And Sanctions-Busting Through Common Decency, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses UN placed sanctions against Libya related to the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am aircraft in flight in which 270 people died.


Special Report From The Ibpp Notional Archives: Sun Tzu's Perspective On Operation Desert Storm In 1992, Ibpp Editor Aug 1997

Special Report From The Ibpp Notional Archives: Sun Tzu's Perspective On Operation Desert Storm In 1992, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses some of the tenets of Operation DESERT STORM in a special report.