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Trends. Warnings On Warnings About Polls, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the current president's foreign policy making efforts.

Trends. War And Goal-Directed Behavior: How Milosevic Is Winning, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the NATO bombings of Yugoslavia.

The Yale Political Quarterly 1999 April, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

No abstract provided.

Evolution And Devolution: The Dynamics Of Sovereignty And Security In Post-Cold War Europe, Thomas M. Lansford

Graduate Program in International Studies Theses & Dissertations

At a time when individual defense outlays are being significantly diminished, the national governments of Western Europe are confronted with the necessity of reforming and adapting their militaries to address new security concerns and undertake new missions. This study will examine multinational military integration as one possible approach whereby national governments can limit defense spending and still maintain military capabilities to meet the contemporary security threats faced by the nation states of the continent. The first three chapters of the work will explore the broad patterns of change in the international system which have propelled states to reexamine how they …

Trends. Nato Attacks: A Can Do Attitude In A Can't Do World, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article discusses the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) attacks on Yugoslavian military assets.

Sexual Scandals And Subtexts: The Next Wave Is The Last Wave, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article identifies some possible implications of two recent sex scandals with political and politico-military overtones.

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.

From The Ibpp Research Associates. Yugoslavia., Slobodan Milosevic

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article is an an English translation of a statement by the President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Mr. Slobodan Milosevic, to Yugoslav citizens. The statement was originally posted online at http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/yuembassy/ by the Yugoslav Embassy in Washington, DC, but is no longer available there. It was sent to IBPP by a reader.

IBPP suggests that readers analyze this statement in the context of the objectives publicly ventured by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as rationale for its ongoing attacks on Yugoslav military assets that began on March 24, 1999.

Trends. The Inside And Outside Of Boundaries: The Aftermath Of European Colonialism In Africa, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses his view of the impact of European colonialism on African political and economic dysfunction.

Perestroika All Over Again: Is Khatami Gorbachev?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article provides a brief analysis of national political events in Iran within the context of a seemingly analogous moment in the mid to late 1980s--that of perestroika in the Soviet Union.

Trends. Nato, Numbers, And Numerology, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article discusses 3 new members in NATO.

From The Ibpp Research Associates. Canada. Ismael Sambra, Ismael Sambra

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This articles discusses a declaration - Joint Declaration by the Committee of Cuban Political Ex-Prisoners and Cuba Friends and Cuban Canadian National Foundation Against The Laws That Persecute and Condemn Freedom in Cuba. - provided by Mr. Ismael Sambra, president of the Cuban Canadian National Foundation and Writer in Residence at York University, Ontario, Canada.

Of note: Mr. Sambra published "A Dictator's Errors" in IBPP (Author: Ismael Sambra, Volume 4, Number 25, June 26, 1998.)

The Yale Political Quarterly 1999 March, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

No abstract provided.

Trends. Altered States And Genetically Altered Products: Psychological Crisis At Cartagena, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the first comprehensive attempt to develop a global treaty that would regulate commerce in genetically altered products.

The Nuclear Policy Of India And Pakistan: Implications For Deterrence, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article analyzes the implications of India's and Pakistan's decisions to "go nuclear" in 1998.

The Eritrea-Ethiopia War: How Helpful Are Psychological Theories Of Warfare?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article considers common psychological theories of warfare in light of the current Eritrea- Ethiopia war.

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.

Trends. Globalization And The 21st Century: The Multiplicity Of Enemies, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses recent events that underline a trend of security and globalization--the multiplicity of enemies that are real and notional, actual and potential, and the impact such multiplicities have on national security.

Trends. Fathers And Sons: The Future Of King Abdullah Ii, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the line of succession after the inevitable death of Jordan's King Hussein.

Trends. Malaysia And The Senate Trial Of President Clinton: Finally, The End: But To What End?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author takes a look at the ongoing trial in Malaysia of former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

Trends. The Deployment Of Ground Forces To Kosovo: A Paean For Ambiguity, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The articles discusses the peace talks in Rambouillet, France between Serbian government representatives and representatives of various ethnic Albanian organizations.

Arms Transfers, Dependence, And Regional Stability: Isolated Effects Or General Patterns?, David Todd Kinsella

Political Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

There are two parts to this paper. The first part examines the impact of arms transfers on the conflictual behavior of third world recipients. I conceptualize conflict as a multiplicative function of total arms imports and the extent to which the recipient is dependent on relatively few arms suppliers. My hypothesis that arms imports encouraged belligerence but that arms-transfer dependence diminished this effect is not widely supported by my time series analyses: only twelve of 86 countries analyzed exhibit this dual pattern. The second part of the paper examines the impact of arms transfers on the aggregate level of military …

The Turning Points In The Hashemite-Palestinian Relations, 1970-1994, Ghaith El Lawzi

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

From The Ibpp Research Associates. Brazil: Louise Madeira, Louise Madeira

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author -Louise Madeira - is a psychologist working in Brazil. In this article, the Brazilian Economic Crisis is discussed.

A Research Agenda In India For Political Psychologists: Fanning The Flames Of Political Violence Or Dousing Them?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes psychological Issues about the incitement of political violence in India that merits further attention by political psychologists.

Catastrophic Counterterrorism As Catastrophe, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article posits three very noxious consequences of common counterterrorism approaches to catastrophic terrorism that are gaining currency in international foreign policy communities.

Trends. Religious Killing: Going By The Book, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the unfortunate social phenomena in India of religion-based killing and desecrating.

Trends. The Mother Of All Warnings To North Korea, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the problematic logic of the UN ordering the North Korean government to allow a nuclear weapons development site to be inspected.

Election And Democracy In Hong Kong: The 1998 Legislative Council Election, Shiu-Hing Lo, Wing-Yat Yu

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

No abstract provided.

The Roc On The Threshold Of The 21st Century: A Paradigm Reexamined, Chien-Min Chao, Cal Clark

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

No abstract provided.