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Trends. A Strategic-Moral Calculus: For The Mathematically Or Morally Challenged?, Ibpp Editor
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. The Proliferation Of Nuclear Weapons And Economic Recession: Global Crises That Turn Right Thinking On Its Head, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The author discusses the impact of the end of the cold war on the rest of the world.
Trends. Sharing Data On Missile Launches: A New Version Of An Old Idea, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Sharing Data On Missile Launches: A New Version Of An Old Idea, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
In this article, the author discusses the agreement that was announced, the United States and Russia, to quickly share data about the launch of ballistic missiles and space payloads.
Trends. Milosevic On Force Withdrawal: Can The Wrong Be Right?, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Milosevic On Force Withdrawal: Can The Wrong Be Right?, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The author discusses the completion of talks between Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milosevic and Russian President Boris Yeltsin, which seems to have lead to the lessening of the momentum for multilateral military intervention sponsored by the United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to punish Serbia.
Trends. Nonratification Of The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: The Logic Of Illogic, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Nonratification Of The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: The Logic Of Illogic, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The author discusses the ratifying of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).
Trends. Pakistan Evens The Score: Do We Need An Overtime?, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Pakistan Evens The Score: Do We Need An Overtime?, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The author discusses the recent Pakistani government nuclear detonations.
Blowing Smoke: Tobacco Companies, Anti-Tobacco Tax Policies, And International Security, Ibpp Editor
Blowing Smoke: Tobacco Companies, Anti-Tobacco Tax Policies, And International Security, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article illustrates how governmental tax policymakers are an insignificant threat to tobacco companies. Security implications are alluded to--viz., company relationships with illicit trafficking organizations, the health of populations, and tax policies towards illegal drugs if the last were to become legal.
Trends. Nuclear Tests In India: Is The Buddha Smiling?, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Nuclear Tests In India: Is The Buddha Smiling?, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The author discusses nuclear testing in India.
Trends. Anthrax Vaccinations: Saddam Wins Again, Ibpp Editor
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 Ins And Outs Of Nuclear Nonproliferation: The Case Of Georgia, Ibpp Editor
Trends. The Ins And Outs Of Nuclear Nonproliferation: The Case Of Georgia, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The author discusses the strong case that can be made that the essence of all foreign policy matters involves the most basic of psychological boundaries: between the "me" and "not me".
Trends. The Tale Of The Tape: Coup Minimization In Nigeria, Ibpp Editor
Trends. The Tale Of The Tape: Coup Minimization In Nigeria, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The author discusses the covert, clandestine, and even apocryphal audio and video tapes used by Nigerian President Abacha, in an effort to minimize the probability of a successful coup.
Trends. Self-Inflicted Injury As Coping Strategy: An Example From Hamas, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Self-Inflicted Injury As Coping Strategy: An Example From Hamas, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The author discusses a basic premise of psychodynamic political psychology, that of coping strategies being used to manage personal conflict which are often similar strategies used to manage political conflict.
Trends. Globalization And Security: Somalia, Indonesia, And The Import Of Mobility, Ibpp Editor
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.
Security Bureaucracies: The Psychology Of Keeping And Divulging Secrets, Ibpp Editor
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 Future Interface Of Political And Industrial/Organizational Psychologies: The Case Of Air Traffic Controllers, Ibpp Editor
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.
Trends. A Strategic Defense Initiative Against Biological Warfare: Sense? Nonsense? Mal Vu, Mal Dit?, Ibpp Editor
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. Globalization: Good News For The Militarily, Environmentally, And Economically Challenged, Ibpp Editor
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. Globalization: The Ethnopsychological Shortfall In Negotiations On Weapons Nonproliferation, Ibpp Editor
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.
Deja Vu In 1946: Reinterpreting The Origins Of Containment, Jonathan Barry
Deja Vu In 1946: Reinterpreting The Origins Of Containment, Jonathan Barry
Honors Theses
For nearly fifty years, mainstream Cold War historians have credited George Kennan with ushering in a new age in foreign policy. Kennan did, after all, send a "Long Telegram" from Moscow on February 22, 1946 that crystallized for the US government a policy of "containing" the Soviet regime. Kennan, a State Department official and expert on Soviet affairs, submitted to Secretary of State James Byrnes an 8,000 word telegram depicting a communist government bent on upholding the expansionist tradition of the Russian czars. He further claimed that "all Soviet efforts on... [an] international plane will be negative and destructive in …