Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

International Relations Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Articles 31 - 60 of 73

Full-Text Articles in International Relations

Trends. Nonratification Of The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: The Logic Of Illogic, Ibpp Editor Jun 1998

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).


Unity Of The European Union: A Social Psychological Comment, Ibpp Editor Jun 1998

Unity Of The European Union: A Social Psychological Comment, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article comments on an analysis by Ronald Steel, a contributing editor to The New Republic, on causal contributors to European Union (EU) unity.


Psychoanalysis And The Soviet Secret Police: Another Look At The Eitingon Controversy, Ibpp Editor Jun 1998

Psychoanalysis And The Soviet Secret Police: Another Look At The Eitingon Controversy, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article provides a hypothetical damage assessment based on the assumption that Dr. Max Eitingon, a significant early member of the international psychoanalytic movement, was also a Soviet intelligence operative.


Trends. Pakistan Evens The Score: Do We Need An Overtime?, Ibpp Editor May 1998

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.


Attributions And International Political Conflict, Ibpp Editor May 1998

Attributions And International Political Conflict, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article highlights the relevance of some recent research on psychological attribution processes to the prevention, development, maintenance, exacerbation, and attenuation of international political conflict.


Trends. Campaign Funds, Satellite And Missile Technology, And The People's Republic Of China: The Real National Security Problem, Ibpp Editor May 1998

Trends. Campaign Funds, Satellite And Missile Technology, And The People's Republic Of China: The Real National Security Problem, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses a potential national security problem concerning a myriad of stories about (1) Chinese military intelligence funneling funds to the Democratic National and (2) antecedent, concurrent, and/or subsequent decisions to facilitate Chinese launching of US commercial satellites; and (3) the consequences of (1) and (2).


Trends. Change Of Government In Indonesia: The Reinforcing And Shattering Of Myths, Ibpp Editor May 1998

Trends. Change Of Government In Indonesia: The Reinforcing And Shattering Of Myths, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses mythbusting in relation to Asian democracy.


Trends. The Truth In Northern Ireland, Ibpp Editor May 1998

Trends. The Truth In Northern Ireland, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the recent Northern Ireland peach agreement.


Blowing Smoke: Tobacco Companies, Anti-Tobacco Tax Policies, And International Security, Ibpp Editor May 1998

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.


Assassinating Castro: A Peculiar Psychology, Ibpp Editor May 1998

Assassinating Castro: A Peculiar Psychology, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The recent reporting (Bardach & Rohter, 1998) of yet another alleged assassination attempt launched from United States soil against Fidel Castro sets the occasion for offering a psychodynamic rationale for the quantity and quality of such attempts against the Cuban leader.


Trends. From The Wretched Of The Earth To The Power Of The Weak: An Example From Indonesia, Ibpp Editor May 1998

Trends. From The Wretched Of The Earth To The Power Of The Weak: An Example From Indonesia, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the impact of globalization on the poor.


Trends. Nato Expansion And Rabelais: Approaching The United States Senate Vote, Ibpp Editor May 1998

Trends. Nato Expansion And Rabelais: Approaching The United States Senate Vote, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the US Senate vote, that will soon be happening, on whether to expand NATO by adding the countries of Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary.


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.


Political Psychology And Critiques Of The Scientific Method: Azt, Asia, Africa, Ibpp Editor Apr 1998

Political Psychology And Critiques Of The Scientific Method: Azt, Asia, Africa, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article critiques critiques of clinical outcome studies carried out in Third World countries of Asia and Africa for new methods of AZT treatment that might affect the transmission of HIV from pregnant women to their infants. Some of these studies have been supported by the United States' Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and National Institutes of Health and opposed by several articles in The New England Journal of Medicine.


Problems In Historical Explanation: The Case Of The Khmer Rouge, Ibpp Editor Apr 1998

Problems In Historical Explanation: The Case Of The Khmer Rouge, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article highlights some problems with developing causal explanations for historical phenomena.


Trends. The Tale Of The Tape: Coup Minimization In Nigeria, Ibpp Editor Apr 1998

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 Apr 1998

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 Apr 1998

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.


A Psychology Of Democracy In Africa: From The Heart Of Darkness?, Ibpp Editor Apr 1998

A Psychology Of Democracy In Africa: From The Heart Of Darkness?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes psychological phenomena affecting quests for international democratization.


Trends. Black, White, And Shades Of Grey: A Perspective On Kosovo, Ibpp Editor Mar 1998

Trends. Black, White, And Shades Of Grey: A Perspective On Kosovo, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the brutal crackdowns by Serbian police and paramilitary forces against individuals of Albanian ethnicity in Kosovo province.


Trends. France And The National Front: The Psychology Of Fanaticism, Ibpp Editor Mar 1998

Trends. France And The National Front: The Psychology Of Fanaticism, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the significant controversy in France over the political viability and morality of conservative politicians accepting support from the far-right National Front in regional assemblies.


In Passing: The Political Psychology Of "As If" As A Tool Of Security Policy, Ibpp Editor Mar 1998

In Passing: The Political Psychology Of "As If" As A Tool Of Security Policy, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article comments on the adaptive consequences for international security policy of formally ascribing a reality to a reality that seemingly doesn't exist.


Trends. Human Rights In The People's Republic Of China: On Rewards And Leverage, Ibpp Editor Mar 1998

Trends. Human Rights In The People's Republic Of China: On Rewards And Leverage, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the Clinton administration's announcement that it will not sponsor this year's resolution before the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva that would condemn the People's Republic of China (PRC) for human rights violations.


Trends. Nuclear Weapons Policy In India: Admitting, Denying, Or Deflecting The Truth, Ibpp Editor Mar 1998

Trends. Nuclear Weapons Policy In India: Admitting, Denying, Or Deflecting The Truth, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the possibility the India may have nuclear weapons.


Trends. Globalization: Good News For The Militarily, Environmentally, And Economically Challenged, Ibpp Editor Mar 1998

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. Against A Moratorium On Further Nato Expansion: The Us Secretary Of State's Shaky, Ibpp Editor Feb 1998

Trends. Against A Moratorium On Further Nato Expansion: The Us Secretary Of State's Shaky, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This analysis discusses a temporary moratorium on North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) expansion beyond the addition of Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary.


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.


Bombing Iraq As Therapeutic Intervention: Symptom Substitution As Consequence, Ibpp Editor Feb 1998

Bombing Iraq As Therapeutic Intervention: Symptom Substitution As Consequence, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article presents the construct of symptom substitution as a heuristic to delineate the likely, problematic consequences of bombing Iraq.


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. The Shevardnadze Assassination Attempt: The Extinction Of Extinction?, Ibpp Editor Feb 1998

Trends. The Shevardnadze Assassination Attempt: The Extinction Of Extinction?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the assassination attempt against Eduard Shevardnadze, President of Georgia.