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Assassination: A Tool Of Terror Management Or Of Counterterrorism?, Ibpp Editor Oct 1998

Assassination: A Tool Of Terror Management Or Of Counterterrorism?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes Issues relevant to evaluating assassination as a viable tool of governmental security policy to counter terrorism. The creative inspiration and much of the research for this article was accomplished by IBPP Research Assistant and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University student Lou Adesso III.


Trends. Declarations On Civil Rights, Freedom, And Social Justice: Chinese Sophistry And Sophistication, Ibpp Editor Oct 1998

Trends. Declarations On Civil Rights, Freedom, And Social Justice: Chinese Sophistry And Sophistication, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses Chinese human rights advocates who have initiated the circulation of documents in regards to civil rights and social justice in the People's Republic of China.


Politics And Psychology: Assessment And The Law, Ibpp Editor Oct 1998

Politics And Psychology: Assessment And The Law, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article highlights one significant impediment to valid psychological assessment in support of the criminal justice system.


Comments On A Study Of Northern Irish Political Attitudes, Ibpp Editor Oct 1998

Comments On A Study Of Northern Irish Political Attitudes, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article provides a commentary on the recent development of a set of objective measures of political attitudes among residents of Northern Ireland. The article is a continuation of a series on research that was presented at the 1998 American Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco, California.


Trends. Mexico, Illicit Drugs, And Psychological Assessment: Reliability And Validity As Pipe Dreams, Ibpp Editor Sep 1998

Trends. Mexico, Illicit Drugs, And Psychological Assessment: Reliability And Validity As Pipe Dreams, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses top-level and elite law enforcement and criminal justice officials in Mexico seem to have been cooperating with illicit drug-trafficking organizations and the support that they get from the United States.


Original Sin And The Power Of Narrative In Intelligence Operations, Ibpp Editor Sep 1998

Original Sin And The Power Of Narrative In Intelligence Operations, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article illustrates how the intent of a political community to demand sinless behavior in its leaders can sow the seeds for that community's demise.


Psychological Research On Violent Behavior: Some Ongoing Problems, Ibpp Editor Sep 1998

Psychological Research On Violent Behavior: Some Ongoing Problems, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article highlights some significant problems with state-of-the art psychological research on violent behavior. As an example of such research, a recent symposium led by John Monahan, PhD, Dougherty Professor of Law, Goldsmith Research Professor, and Professor of Psychology and Legal Medicine, School of Law, University of Virginia, is critiqued by IBPP.


Trends. The Crash Of Swissair Flight 111: Amidst The Tragedy, The Virtue Of Virtual Realities, Ibpp Editor Sep 1998

Trends. The Crash Of Swissair Flight 111: Amidst The Tragedy, The Virtue Of Virtual Realities, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the development of a virtual community: a community of relatives of victims of air fatalities throughout the world, a community whose members rarely meet that occurs after an air tragedy.


Sexual Seduction, Illicit Sex, And Licit Sex: International And National Leaders As Targets Of Intelligence Operations, Ibpp Editor Sep 1998

Sexual Seduction, Illicit Sex, And Licit Sex: International And National Leaders As Targets Of Intelligence Operations, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the varied consequences that could be achieved by a hostile intelligence service through effecting the sexual seduction of an international or national leader or through exploiting ongoing illicit or licit sex engaged in by that leader.


Moral Assessment Of Individuals In Idealistic Enterprises: An Example From Clandestine Weapons Research And Counterterrorism (Part Ii), Ibpp Editor Sep 1998

Moral Assessment Of Individuals In Idealistic Enterprises: An Example From Clandestine Weapons Research And Counterterrorism (Part Ii), Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This is the second and final installment of an article based on a presentation, "Moral Assessment of Individuals in Idealistic Enterprises," by Ms. Jean Maria Arrigo at the 1998 Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, California. In the first installment (September 4, 1998, IBPP, 5(10)), Ms. Arrigo explored the principles of competitive evolution and operationalization as they might morally and ethically impact on nuclear weapons-related research and on counterterrorist response to nuclear and biological terrorist attack. In the present installment (with very minor editing by IBPP), Ms. Arrigo continues exploring operationalization and then concludes with an analysis …


The Clash Of Civilizations In The 21st Century: A Political Psychology Of Messianics, Charismatics, And Schismatics, Ibpp Editor Sep 1998

The Clash Of Civilizations In The 21st Century: A Political Psychology Of Messianics, Charismatics, And Schismatics, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes psychological Issues that may contribute to or mitigate against ongoing and intense political violence between Islamic political entities and those typed as Judeo-Christian.


Trends. National Security Policy And Toleration For Ambiguity: Israel, Northern Ireland, North Korea, And The World, Ibpp Editor Sep 1998

Trends. National Security Policy And Toleration For Ambiguity: Israel, Northern Ireland, North Korea, And The World, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses one of many dichotomies comprising the development, implementation, and evaluation of security policies that is between clarity and ambiguity.


Trends. Sharing Data On Missile Launches: A New Version Of An Old Idea, Ibpp Editor Sep 1998

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.


Moral Assessment Of Individuals In Idealistic Enterprises: Clandestine Research In Weapons Development, Ibpp Editor Sep 1998

Moral Assessment Of Individuals In Idealistic Enterprises: Clandestine Research In Weapons Development, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article continues the IBPP series of research presented at the 1998 Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, August 14 - 18, 1997, San Francisco, CA. The article comprises the presentation "Moral Assessment of Individuals in Idealistic Institutional Enterprises" made by Jean Maria Arrigo. Ms. Arrigo is finishing up her PhD work in social psychology at the School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA. Her dissertation, "Moral and Epistemological Dilemmas of Clandestine Scientific Research" includes a 200-page "Primer of the Epistemology of Intelligence for Scientists and Philosophers." She has also published articles on the false …


Strategic Vision For International Security Affairs: Sine Qua Non, Anon, Or Non?, Ibpp Editor Sep 1998

Strategic Vision For International Security Affairs: Sine Qua Non, Anon, Or Non?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article explores some of the weaknesses in the common assumption that a strategic vision is necessary in identifying and managing international security threats and opportunities.


Trends. Kosovo And The United Nations: A Paean For Application Of Psychological Research On Good Samaritanism, Ibpp Editor Aug 1998

Trends. Kosovo And The United Nations: A Paean For Application Of Psychological Research On Good Samaritanism, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia that is beginning to employ a team of investigators, lawyers, and analysts who may--ultimately--identify, prosecute, and deter war crimes in Kosovo, observers might wonder what's taking so long and why the United Nations hasn't focused more emphatically on the Serbian military, paramilitary, and police attacks on ethnic Albanian civilians in recent weeks. Answers might include difficulties in identifying the behavioral referents of war crime, fears that more determined intervention might deleteriously affect humanitarian aid to the many internal refugees, fears that humanitarian aid personnel might be further intimidated and …


Postmodernism And Narrative Truth: Philosophical Implications Of Interrogation Research, Ibpp Editor Aug 1998

Postmodernism And Narrative Truth: Philosophical Implications Of Interrogation Research, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article continues a series describing research presentations from the 1998 Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. In the article, a presentation on interrogation research by John C. Yuille of the University of British Columbia, Canada, is explicated for its relevance to postmodernist notions of truth.


Trends. Functional Versus Ideological Environmentalism: Implications For Physical And Psychological Security, Ibpp Editor Aug 1998

Trends. Functional Versus Ideological Environmentalism: Implications For Physical And Psychological Security, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses how ideological environmentalists embrace the notion that nature is pristine and benign. All must be, continue to be, and modified to be as it would be without human intervention. Supporting belief systems are problematic.


Trends. The Omagh Bombing: Ireland And The Psychology Of Walls, Ibpp Editor Aug 1998

Trends. The Omagh Bombing: Ireland And The Psychology Of Walls, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the psychological aspect of walls in relation to peace efforts in Northern Ireland.


Words And Actions: The Referent As A Problem In The Deterrence Of Nuclear Weapons Employment, Ibpp Editor Aug 1998

Words And Actions: The Referent As A Problem In The Deterrence Of Nuclear Weapons Employment, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes difficulties in identifying action referents of the word deterrence. These difficulties pose a significant problem for developing and implementing security policies against adversaries' employment of weapons of mass destruction.


The Psychology Of Political Oppression: Studying False Consciousness, Ibpp Editor Aug 1998

The Psychology Of Political Oppression: Studying False Consciousness, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

Starting with this Issue, IBPP will be reporting on a series of research presentations--each with relevance to political psychology--from the 1998 Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. The following article describes the work of John T. Jost of Stanford University.


Trends. Terrorism And Sanctions: A Problem With Iran, Ibpp Editor Aug 1998

Trends. Terrorism And Sanctions: A Problem With Iran, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the three kinds of activities, Iran continues to be engaged in, that preclude closer cooperation with the US and the sanctions that have been declared against Iran.


Terrorist Explosions In Nairobi: How Secondary Goals Become Primary Ones, Ibpp Editor Aug 1998

Terrorist Explosions In Nairobi: How Secondary Goals Become Primary Ones, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes a psychology of terrorism whereby achieving secondary goals can ineluctably lead to achieving primary ones.


Trends. Terrorism And Biological Warfare: A Problem Of Perspective, Ibpp Editor Aug 1998

Trends. Terrorism And Biological Warfare: A Problem Of Perspective, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the cunundrum of how to best deter or manage a biological warfare (BW) attack by terrorists.


Popular Culture And The Mass Media In The Service Of Politics: The Wounds Of Gender Representation, Ibpp Editor Aug 1998

Popular Culture And The Mass Media In The Service Of Politics: The Wounds Of Gender Representation, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article identifies and analyzes the phenomenon of gender representation as it impacts on the political application of popular culture and the mass media. Political authorities' social control and political leaders' and candidates' attractiveness are of special concern. For explanatory support, the article employs a "star" of popular music--viz., rock n' roll music from the United States--from the interlude 1956-1957.


Trends. A Post-Postmodern Terrorism: Examples From Colombia And Spain, Ibpp Editor Jul 1998

Trends. A Post-Postmodern Terrorism: Examples From Colombia And Spain, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses basic concepts of terrorism.


Trends. Rape As Terrorism: Difficulties In Criminal Justice Adjudication, Ibpp Editor Jul 1998

Trends. Rape As Terrorism: Difficulties In Criminal Justice Adjudication, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article focuses on psychological complexities in successfully adjudicating allegations of terrorist rape--i.e., rape committed intentionally to achieve formal political objectives.


Peace Psychologists: Necessarily Complicit In Political Violence?, Ibpp Editor Jul 1998

Peace Psychologists: Necessarily Complicit In Political Violence?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article presents an argument that the basic and applied research of peace psychologists does not attenuate but contributes to violent political conflict.


The Construct Of Personality: Implications For Psychological Profiles, Background Investigations, And Intelligence Agent Preassessment And Evaluation, Ibpp Editor Jul 1998

The Construct Of Personality: Implications For Psychological Profiles, Background Investigations, And Intelligence Agent Preassessment And Evaluation, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes complexities of the construct of personality and their implications for psychological profiles, background investigations, and intelligence agent preassessment and evaluation.


Trends. Nonproliferation Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction: India, Iran, And The Proliferation Of Dysfunctional Maxims, Ibpp Editor Jul 1998

Trends. Nonproliferation Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction: India, Iran, And The Proliferation Of Dysfunctional Maxims, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses two recent events that underline a cognitive challenge for political authorities engaged in stemming the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.