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Trends. Honest Broker As Broken Concept: A Middle East Example, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the psychological and practical difficulties of being an honest broker of peace between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority.

Terrorism In The Mideast And The United States Republican Presidential Campaign: Ideological Terror And Public Discourse, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the use of ideological terror by the United States (US) Republican presidential campaign in the wake of the terrorist attack on the USS Cole.

Trends. Dirty Little Secrets On Secrets: The Intelligence Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2001, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the phenomena of leaking and overclassification of information in the context of national security.

Trends. Rat Psychology During The United States Presidential Election, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article examines the ethics of the alleged use of subliminal perception - the word"Rats" superimposed on an attack on Vice President Gore's health care plans - by representatives of the Bush campaign in the 2000 presidential election.

Responding To Innuendo: A Case From The Ivory Coast, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some of the psychological Issues involved in successfully responding to political innuendo.

Trends. Mixed Messages And Mixed Metaphors: 21st Century Political Discourse, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the use of mixed metaphors in political communication.

Trends. No More Rogue Nations And The Power Of Words: A Coup For Ibpp?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the possible consequences of the choice of political language regarding "rogue nations," and "states of concern."

Anti-Ballistic Missile Defense Systems And Rhetorical Madness, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes examples of political rhetoric on anti-ballistic missile defense systems from the two main presidential candidates in the United States. These examples may be undone by their consequential implications for military and politico-military deterrence and the development and proliferation of nuclear weapons even as they may garner success as campaign attack vehicles.

Trends. Are The Bush Missile Defense Guidelines Defensible?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses George W. Bush as a US Presidential candidate providing guidelines on the viability and nature of an anti-ballistic missile defense system for the United States, emphasizing the need for public discourse.

Propaganda Analysis: The Personal Is Political, But The Political Is Personal, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article analyzes implications of a propaganda theme--viz., the personal is political.

Apologies For Apologies Towards Iran And By The Vatican, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes psychological difficulties in making apologies for past misbehavior in the political world.

Imbalance In The Balance: A Visit To India, Bangladesh, And Pakistan?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article identifies imbalances in the balancing of the merits of an upcoming trip by the United States (US) president to three South Asian countries.

Trends. Terra Incognita: Video Diplomacy, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the potential political psychological consequences of video diplomacy between United States president, Bill Clinton (with whom the diplomatic video originated) and a group of political, military, and paramilitary leaders in Burundi.

Leadership Prescriptions And Proscriptions On Clarity: A Case From Indonesia, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the pros and cons of clear communication by national leaders.

Ibpp Feature Analysis: Political Sea Change Or Mass-Mediated Political Spectacle? The 1999 Election Campaign In New Zealand, Laurence Alfred Powell

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article examines the impact of mass media on elections during the 1999 election campaign in New Zealand.

Ibpp Research Associates: The Reporters Committee For Freedom Of The Press, The Reporters Committee For Freedom Of The Press

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article is a posting of a press release from The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press regarding the leadership of that organization.

Ibpp Research Associates: East Timor, Anonymous

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article is a rushed letter from an anonymous individual involved in East Timor in late August or early September 1999 when Indonesian troops were present in the area. The letter was sent to the International Peace Practitioners Network (IPPN). For reference, IPPN is a project of the Peace Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association and of Psychologists for Social Responsibility

The letter itself was subsequently forwarded to IBPP by IPPN, and the content of the letter was not verified by IBPP.

IBPP commentary includes a discussion of the role of political psychologists, and other interested parties, in the …

The New Information And Communication Order: Deja Vu All Over Again?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article endorses qualified support for a world seminar on international information activities proposed by a number of Third World countries. It also does not support a political psychology that equates a somewhat similar proposal made in 1976 with the present one.

Taking Down The Tupac Amaru: The Best And Worst Of Counterterrorism, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

Many informed observers are citing the Peruvian governments operation to rescue hostages held by the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) at the Japanese Ambassadors residence in Lima, Peru as a textbook success. These observers are already holding up the operation as a standard of counterterrorism (CT) excellence rivaling the Israeli rescue at Entebbe and the German rescue in Somalia. Are these observers right?

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.

Political Propaganda: A Postmodernist Analysis (Part I), Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article presents a number of conceptual problems with assuming that political propaganda is an effective tool in seeking political power.

Sex As A Military Weapon, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

Disagreements about military personnel policies on sexuality may be based on the wrong criteria.

The Need For A United States Government Capacity To Analyze And Counter Foreign Perception Management Operations: Part Iii, Todd Levanthal

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This is the final part of a three-part series by Mr. Todd Leventhal, who from January 1987 to May 1996 was Program Officer for Countering Disinformation at the United States Information Agency (USIA.) The first two parts have contained examples of perception management operations, often against USG interests. The series has reflected his personal opinion, not those of USIA or the US Government (USG.) It has been presented with only the most minor editing.

The Need For A United States Government Capacity To Analyze And Counter Foreign Perception Management Operations: Part I, Todd Levanthal

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This begins a three-part series by Mr. Todd Leventhal who from January 1987 to May 1996 was Program Officer for Countering Disinformation at the United States Information Agency (USIA.) The series reflects only his personal opinions, not those of USIA or the United States Government (USG.) It is presented with only the most minor editing, but with extensive commentary by IBPP. The series also reflects IBPP's deep commitment to foster deliberation and--when appropriate-- change in science, policy, programs, and informed opinion.