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How Standards And Accountability Lead To Safety And Security Violations At Nuclear Weapons Plants, Ibpp Editor Apr 1998

How Standards And Accountability Lead To Safety And Security Violations At Nuclear Weapons Plants, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some counterintuitive consequences of instituting safety standards and accountability practices at nuclear weapons plants.


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. A Strategic Defense Initiative Against Biological Warfare: Sense? Nonsense? Mal Vu, Mal Dit?, Ibpp Editor Mar 1998

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: The Ethnopsychological Shortfall In Negotiations On Weapons Nonproliferation, Ibpp Editor Mar 1998

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.


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.


National Security Decision Making: When Does The Personal Matter?, Ibpp Editor Mar 1998

National Security Decision Making: When Does The Personal Matter?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes elements of personal psychology that may significantly affect national security decision making.


The Political Psychology Of Negotiations: The Terrorism Of Terrorists, Ibpp Editor Feb 1998

The Political Psychology Of Negotiations: The Terrorism Of Terrorists, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article illustrates some of the psychological advantages possessed by terrorists who engage in negotiations with nonterrorists.


Social And Personal Selves: Vulnerabilities For Intelligence Case Officers And Agents?, Ibpp Editor Feb 1998

Social And Personal Selves: Vulnerabilities For Intelligence Case Officers And Agents?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes a basic aspect of self-representation that may present strengths and weaknesses for the personnel security management and operational effectiveness of intelligence case officers and agents.


Trends. Iraq: To Bomb Or Not To Bomb?, Ibpp Editor Feb 1998

Trends. Iraq: To Bomb Or Not To Bomb?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author continues the analysis against initiating an "air war" employing bombs and missiles against Iraq as a punishment for violating United Nations directives.


Sex And The Military: Implications Of The Exotic As Erotic, Ibpp Editor Feb 1998

Sex And The Military: Implications Of The Exotic As Erotic, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes Bem's developmental theory of sexual orientation and its implications for United States Government (USG) military personnel policies.


Terror Management Theory: Relevance For Control Of The Intelligence Agent, Ibpp Editor Feb 1998

Terror Management Theory: Relevance For Control Of The Intelligence Agent, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes psychological findings stemming from terror management theory that have relevance for case officer control of an intelligent agent.


Empathy And Political Psychology: Problematic Contributions To Security Issues, Ibpp Editor Feb 1998

Empathy And Political Psychology: Problematic Contributions To Security Issues, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes potential contributions of the empathy construct to political psychology as well as problems hindering this potential from being realized.


A "How To" Of Nuclear Proliferation, Ibpp Editor Jan 1998

A "How To" Of Nuclear Proliferation, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes several political psychological approaches to best engage in nuclear proliferation.


Some Comments On The Race Of The Races, Ibpp Editor Jan 1998

Some Comments On The Race Of The Races, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article provides a brief analysis of the phenomenology of race and racial conflict.


The Steady Dating Relationship: A Model For The Intelligence Case Officer-Agent Dyad?, Ibpp Editor Jan 1998

The Steady Dating Relationship: A Model For The Intelligence Case Officer-Agent Dyad?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article advocates that social psychological research on interpersonal relationships varying in intimacy may facilitate the prediction, evaluation, and influence of intelligence case officer-agent dyadic phenomena.


Trends. From Pumpkin Papers To Pumpkin Capers: Washington Scandals, Ibpp Editor Jan 1998

Trends. From Pumpkin Papers To Pumpkin Capers: Washington Scandals, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses how in the late 1940s and into the 1950s--an era of both Communist hysteria and significant Communist threat within the United States (US)--pumpkin connoted scandal, as in the infamous pumpkin papers.


The Political Psychology Of Affirmative Action, Ibpp Editor Jan 1998

The Political Psychology Of Affirmative Action, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the goals, means, and consequences of affirmative action policies and relates these rationales to policy development and policy understanding and acceptance.


Trends. A New Look At The New Look: Nuclear Weapons And National Security, Ibpp Editor Jan 1998

Trends. A New Look At The New Look: Nuclear Weapons And National Security, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the term "New Look" that was ascribed to United States (US) military policy during the first and--less accurately--to the second Eisenhower administrations. One


The Business Of Politics As The Politics Of Business, Ibpp Editor Jan 1998

The Business Of Politics As The Politics Of Business, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article presents arguments for and against the significant employment of business practices in domestic and foreign policy development and implementation within representative democracies.


Trends. Terrorism In Algeria: The Psychology Of Extinction, Ibpp Editor Jan 1998

Trends. Terrorism In Algeria: The Psychology Of Extinction, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses political election tactics primarily in Algeria.


Critiquing Critiques Of Profiling In Aviation Security Screening Programs: Why The Aclu Has It Wrong, Ibpp Editor Jan 1998

Critiquing Critiques Of Profiling In Aviation Security Screening Programs: Why The Aclu Has It Wrong, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article provides commentary on the American Civil Liberty Union's (ACLU) criticisms of the Computer Assisted Passenger Screening System (CAPS) that was developed under the auspices of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to support aviation security.


Trends. Iran, Iraq, And Dual Containment: The Unbalanced Balance, Ibpp Editor Dec 1997

Trends. Iran, Iraq, And Dual Containment: The Unbalanced Balance, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses his views on whether or not US policy should change in regards to Iran and Iraq in the wake of allegedly conciliatory comments towards the USG made by Iranian President Mohammed Khatami and of continued noncompliance by Saddam Hussein with United Nations (UN)-mandated sanctions.


The Morality Of Trading And Purchasing Pollution Emissions Rights: Further Comments On The, Ibpp Editor Dec 1997

The Morality Of Trading And Purchasing Pollution Emissions Rights: Further Comments On The, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The December 12, 1997 Issue of IBPP provides an analysis supporting the trading and purchasing of pollution- emissions rights as means to responsibly confront the threat of global warming. The present article maintains this stance in critiquing a December 15, 1997 article in The New York Times by Michael J. Sandel, a professor of government at Harvard University.


Trends. The Kyoto Protocol: Emissions On Trading Or Purchasing Emissions Rights, Ibpp Editor Dec 1997

Trends. The Kyoto Protocol: Emissions On Trading Or Purchasing Emissions Rights, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

In this analysis, the author discusses the Kyoto Protocol.


Functionalism As An Aid To Antiterrorist/Counterterrorist Analysis, Ibpp Editor Dec 1997

Functionalism As An Aid To Antiterrorist/Counterterrorist Analysis, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes how philosophical and psychological variants of functionalism can aid antiterrorist/counterterrorist analysis.


Globalization: Bad News For Antiterrorism And Counterterrorism, Ibpp Editor Nov 1997

Globalization: Bad News For Antiterrorism And Counterterrorism, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article suggests that increasing globalization increases the threat of terrorism.


Trends. Verification Of Nuclear Weapons Treaties: Do "Open Skies" Make A Difference? Necessarily Enjoying It, Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

Trends. Verification Of Nuclear Weapons Treaties: Do "Open Skies" Make A Difference? Necessarily Enjoying It, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the implication of "Open Skies" on the misperceptions and government deceptions leading to increased conflict and war.


Trends. Political Psychologies Of Welfare, Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

Trends. Political Psychologies Of Welfare, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the pros and cons of government welfare programs.


Amnesty For Amnesty: Towards An International Criminal Court, Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

Amnesty For Amnesty: Towards An International Criminal Court, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This paper articulates some of the psychological and philosophical Issues underlying political conflict on the question of amnesty.


Trends. Environment And Security In An Era Of Globalization: Why Kyoto Matters, Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

Trends. Environment And Security In An Era Of Globalization: Why Kyoto Matters, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

THe author discusses the international meeting on global warming set for Kyoto, Japan in December 1997, in which the United States government (USG) still has not provided significant input as to direction, agenda, criteria, and the like.