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From The Ibpp Research Associates. Venezuela: Sharon Reimel De Carrasquel, Sharon Reimel De Carrasquel Dec 1998

From The Ibpp Research Associates. Venezuela: Sharon Reimel De Carrasquel, Sharon Reimel De Carrasquel

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author, Sharon Reimel de Carrasquel, discusses the recently held presidential election in Venezuela.


Psychohistory And Personality Assessment By Proxy: Comments On Ritzler And Singer (1998), Ibpp Editor Dec 1998

Psychohistory And Personality Assessment By Proxy: Comments On Ritzler And Singer (1998), Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article comments on the psychohistorical use of the "MMPI-2 by proxy" technique that is described by Long Island University's Barry Ritzler and Meredith Singer in the October 1998 Issue of the Journal of Personality Assessment.


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).


An Update On Sex And Politics, Ibpp Editor Dec 1998

An Update On Sex And Politics, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article identifies some of the common psychological phenomena related to sexual allegations against political leaders.


From The Ibpp Research Associates. Turkey Zeynep Cemalcilar, Zeynep Cemalcilar Dec 1998

From The Ibpp Research Associates. Turkey Zeynep Cemalcilar, Zeynep Cemalcilar

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author -Zeynep Cemalcilar -discusses his current educational studies in psychology at Purdue University and its impact on his home country of Turkey.


The Internet And Political Campaigns: Some Early Considerations, Ibpp Editor Dec 1998

The Internet And Political Campaigns: Some Early Considerations, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article provides hypotheses on the effects of the Internet on political campaigns. The IBPP staff hopes that researchers among its readers will attempt to evaluate these hypotheses through combinations of empiricism, rationalism, and other epistemological approaches.


The Psychology Of Stereotypes: When The Positive Becomes Negative And The Negative Positive, Ibpp Editor Dec 1998

The Psychology Of Stereotypes: When The Positive Becomes Negative And The Negative Positive, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some of the positive and negative features of positive and negative stereotypes.


Trends. Palestinian Mothers And The Death Of Terrorism, Ibpp Editor Dec 1998

Trends. Palestinian Mothers And The Death Of Terrorism, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the notion that there are no innocent victims as a component of terrorism.


Trends. The Inside Threat To The Outsider: Venezuela's Hugo Chavez Frias, Ibpp Editor Dec 1998

Trends. The Inside Threat To The Outsider: Venezuela's Hugo Chavez Frias, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the political strategy of running for political office as an "outsider" in representative democracies.


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

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

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.


Explorations In Causality And Causal Attributions: Russians On The Murder Of Galina Starovoitova, Ibpp Editor Dec 1998

Explorations In Causality And Causal Attributions: Russians On The Murder Of Galina Starovoitova, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article illustrates the complexities of attributing psychological import to causal attributions. The recent murder of a Russian psychologist/politician is employed as a socio-emotive backdrop.


Nuclear Psychologies: On The First Use Of Nuclear Weapons And Reductions In Nuclear Arsenals, Ibpp Editor Dec 1998

Nuclear Psychologies: On The First Use Of Nuclear Weapons And Reductions In Nuclear Arsenals, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes how the psychological rationales for, and the consequences of, the same nuclear policies can be constructed very differently by different groups of nuclear policymakers. Some possible rationales for these differences are offered.


Trends. Trafficking In Drug Trafficking: The United States Government Searches For New Military Operating Locations And Basing Sites In South America, Ibpp Editor Dec 1998

Trends. Trafficking In Drug Trafficking: The United States Government Searches For New Military Operating Locations And Basing Sites In South America, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the interdiction approach to counter drug trafficking.


Trends. Letter Bombs In Australia: A Psychological Commentary, Ibpp Editor Dec 1998

Trends. Letter Bombs In Australia: A Psychological Commentary, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the psychological aspects of letter bombers.


Adventures In Political Rhetoric: Terrorism And Assassination Policy, Ibpp Editor Nov 1998

Adventures In Political Rhetoric: Terrorism And Assassination Policy, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article analyzes the language of recent United States Government communications related to the intent to assassinate Osama bin Laden, an alleged mastermind of terrorism operations.


Hot Air About Heat-Trapping Gases: Causal Attributions And Global Warming Policy, Ibpp Editor Nov 1998

Hot Air About Heat-Trapping Gases: Causal Attributions And Global Warming Policy, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article examines the psychology of causal attributions concerning the merits of the United States Government signing the Kyoto Protocol and of two main operational mechanisms for controlling emissions of heat-trapping gases.


Nonexplosive Warfare: Is It New Or Old?, Ibpp Editor Nov 1998

Nonexplosive Warfare: Is It New Or Old?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article provides a contrary opinion to the analysis of the new United States Secretary of the Navy, Richard Danzig, concerning biological warfare agents and computer-attack variants of information warfare. The opinion is based on the perspective of science and technological change within the context of social, cultural, and political phenomena.


Trends. Bailing Out Of A Bailout: The Case Of Brazil, Ibpp Editor Nov 1998

Trends. Bailing Out Of A Bailout: The Case Of Brazil, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses international bailouts that are dependent on behavioral promises.


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.


Motivational Impediments And Multilateral Inspections: The Case Of Unscom, Ibpp Editor Nov 1998

Motivational Impediments And Multilateral Inspections: The Case Of Unscom, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes impediments to multilateral inspections that are sanctioned by a multilateral political entity to proscribe the development, production, storage, deployment, and employment of weapons of mass destruction.


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.


The Organization For Security And Cooperation In Europe And Its 2,000-Member Multinational Force: Doing Milosevic's Dirty Work, Ibpp Editor Nov 1998

The Organization For Security And Cooperation In Europe And Its 2,000-Member Multinational Force: Doing Milosevic's Dirty Work, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses whether the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will be able to field all 2,000 members of the multinational force scheduled to observe Yugoslavian and Serbian Government forces in Kosovo.


Spying For Friends As An Unfriendly Act: Another Review Of The Pollard Case, Ibpp Editor Nov 1998

Spying For Friends As An Unfriendly Act: Another Review Of The Pollard Case, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some negative consequences of an intelligence analyst from Country A providing classified information to allied Country B in an unauthorized fashion.


From The Republic Of South Africa To The World At Large: Does The Truth Set One Free?, Ibpp Editor Nov 1998

From The Republic Of South Africa To The World At Large: Does The Truth Set One Free?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article explores the assumption that with the truth comes the triumph of the therapeutic in individual life and that of the collective.


Aftermath Of Disaster In Sweden, Gaza, And Sites Of Torture: A Critique Of Psychological Services, Ibpp Editor Nov 1998

Aftermath Of Disaster In Sweden, Gaza, And Sites Of Torture: A Critique Of Psychological Services, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article critiques the assumptions of psychological services offered in response to disaster.


Information Warfare And The Hacktivist, Ibpp Editor Nov 1998

Information Warfare And The Hacktivist, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article provides comments on the significance of hacktivism.


Trends. A Strategic-Moral Calculus: For The Mathematically Or Morally Challenged?, Ibpp Editor Nov 1998

Trends. A Strategic-Moral Calculus: For The Mathematically Or Morally Challenged?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the strategic-moral calculus that confronts the United States Government (USG) on many fronts.


Trends. Countering The Proliferation Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction: Just Whistling In The Dark, Ibpp Editor Nov 1998

Trends. Countering The Proliferation Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction: Just Whistling In The Dark, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses how to counter the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.


Deconstruction Of Public Policy In The Aftermath Of The Wye Plantation Summit: Reaffirming A Nullification In The Palestinian National Charter, Ibpp Editor Oct 1998

Deconstruction Of Public Policy In The Aftermath Of The Wye Plantation Summit: Reaffirming A Nullification In The Palestinian National Charter, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article analyzes the Wye Memorandum prescription to proscribe the Palestinian National Charter's (PNC) written provisions to destroy the Israeli state. The analysis is based on both deontological and consequentialist positions. (Embry-Riddle University student Lou Adesso III provided the creative impetus for this article.)


The Psychological Assessment Of Deception: Obvious And Subtle Items, Obvious And Subtle Subjects, Ibpp Editor Oct 1998

The Psychological Assessment Of Deception: Obvious And Subtle Items, Obvious And Subtle Subjects, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article provides an analysis of approaches to detecting deception in subjects administered psychological assessment instruments for nondeceptive and/or deceptive purposes.