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Trends. If You're So Right, Why Are We Sure You're So Wrong? Iraq, Free Riders, And Social Loafing, Ibpp Editor Oct 2002

Trends. If You're So Right, Why Are We Sure You're So Wrong? Iraq, Free Riders, And Social Loafing, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This Trends article discusses and evaluates public discourse surrounding the acceptability of militarily invading Iraq through a social psychological perspective. In social psychology, the research tradition for constructs such as free-riding and social loafing suggests that, wittingly or unwittingly, many political actors assume that the United States will act to address actual political threats in a certain way, and that they (the other political actors) can adopt contrarian ideological stances because they don’t have to address those same threats.


Trends. The Psychology Of Self-Preemptive Language And Action: Iraq And Weapons Of Mass Destruction, Ibpp Editor Oct 2002

Trends. The Psychology Of Self-Preemptive Language And Action: Iraq And Weapons Of Mass Destruction, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This Trends article discusses the difficulties the Bush Administration encountered when attempting to sell the invasion of Iraq to the rest of the world. Language, action, and global perceptions are discussed.


Humiliation And Terrorism: Final Common Pathway Or Lowest Common Denominator?, Ibpp Editor Sep 2002

Humiliation And Terrorism: Final Common Pathway Or Lowest Common Denominator?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes complexities in attributing a construct termed the primary causal factor to terrorist behavior perpetrated by espousers of variants of something called radical Islam against the interests of the United States Government (USG) and against something called the West.


Trends. Self-Esteem And Terrorism, Ibpp Editor Sep 2002

Trends. Self-Esteem And Terrorism, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This Trends article discusses the role self-esteem plays in terrorist behavior. Analysis includes the application of Jennifer Crocker and Connie T. Wolfe’s views as presented in their 2001 Psychological Review article “Contingencies of self-worth” (Vol 108 (3), pp. 593-623).


The Double Edged Sword Of Disaster Psychology In The Context Of Terrorism, Ibpp Editor Sep 2002

The Double Edged Sword Of Disaster Psychology In The Context Of Terrorism, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes implicit assumptions, and clinical and political implications, of prescriptions for psychological services in the aftermath of terrorism-created disaster. The article is one of a series in IBPP that focuses on crisis psychology, stress management, and critical incident debriefing in an era of a United States Government (USG)-announced war on terrorism with global reach.


Trends. War On Personality And Personality And War: Comments On Nass And Lee (2002), Ibpp Editor Sep 2002

Trends. War On Personality And Personality And War: Comments On Nass And Lee (2002), Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This Trends article discusses another article – Identity and deconstruction, by Clifford Nass and Kwan Min Yee – published in volume 3 (2002) of Archives of Psychiatry & Psychotherapy in which the authors demonstrate that people reliably attribute personality characteristics to computer-synthesized speech, exploring the ramifications in a political psychological context.


Iraqi Intelligence And Antiterrorism/Counterterrorism: A News Conference By Tahir Jalil Habbush Concerning Abu Nidal, Ibpp Editor Sep 2002

Iraqi Intelligence And Antiterrorism/Counterterrorism: A News Conference By Tahir Jalil Habbush Concerning Abu Nidal, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article explores difficulties in preventing and resolving terrorist operations that are planned by one’s adversaries for implementation against one’s political entity.


The Societal Costs Of Surveillance: An Alternative View On Civil Liberties Constraints, Ibpp Editor Sep 2002

The Societal Costs Of Surveillance: An Alternative View On Civil Liberties Constraints, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article explores some psychological phenomena bearing on the consequences of civil liberties constraints.


Trends. Confessions On Confessions In A War On Terrorism With Global Reach, Ibpp Editor Sep 2002

Trends. Confessions On Confessions In A War On Terrorism With Global Reach, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This Trends article discusses the role of confessions in terrorism interrogations.


Trends. Personnel Security In An Age Of Terrorism With Global Reach, Ibpp Editor Sep 2002

Trends. Personnel Security In An Age Of Terrorism With Global Reach, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This Trends article discusses what an appropriate level of commitment to a security bureaucracy might look like.


Trends. Aviation Security: Problems In Arguments Against Arming Pilots, Ibpp Editor Sep 2002

Trends. Aviation Security: Problems In Arguments Against Arming Pilots, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This Trends article discusses a press release from the Violence Policy center, which strongly advocates against arming commercial airline pilots against terrorists.


Threat And Threatening Language: Public Discourse On Iraq, Ibpp Editor Sep 2002

Threat And Threatening Language: Public Discourse On Iraq, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article explores the relationship of language, the construction of threat, and the constructor’s response to that which is constructed.


Vestiges Of Communism And Personnel Security, Ibpp Editor Sep 2002

Vestiges Of Communism And Personnel Security, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article illustrates several interpretive difficulties in employing personnel security criteria in the context of national security.


Just Because Or Because: Terrorism Discourse And Counterterrorism, Ibpp Editor Sep 2002

Just Because Or Because: Terrorism Discourse And Counterterrorism, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some antiterrorism and counterterrorism implications of public discourse on terrorism.


9/11 As Anything, Something, Or Nothing: One Year After, Ibpp Editor Sep 2002

9/11 As Anything, Something, Or Nothing: One Year After, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes political psychological Issues bearing on the first anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks within the United States.


Trends. Husbands, Wives, And Terrorism: The Validity Of Beliefs And The Threat Of Interpretive Strategies, Ibpp Editor Aug 2002

Trends. Husbands, Wives, And Terrorism: The Validity Of Beliefs And The Threat Of Interpretive Strategies, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses threat assessment via linguistic analysis.


Special Article: Recommendations For Optimal Personnel Security In The Cyberworld, Ibpp Editor Aug 2002

Special Article: Recommendations For Optimal Personnel Security In The Cyberworld, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article considers the social construction of recommendations for personnel security in the context of a global cyberworld.


Trends. Aviation Terrorism's Winning Hand, Ibpp Editor Aug 2002

Trends. Aviation Terrorism's Winning Hand, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses aviation security, terrorism, and the psychology behind pilot motivations for opting out of flying members of the Israeli government to Israel.


Trends. Medicalizing Terrorism As Part Of The Solution Or Part Of The Problem: More On The Moussaoui Case, Ibpp Editor Aug 2002

Trends. Medicalizing Terrorism As Part Of The Solution Or Part Of The Problem: More On The Moussaoui Case, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the context of the medicalization of psychology, using the case of Zacarias Moussaoui and the 9/11 terrorist attacks as context.


Trends. For Homeland Security, Against A Department Of Homeland Security, Ibpp Editor Aug 2002

Trends. For Homeland Security, Against A Department Of Homeland Security, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses national security as well as the addition of a new department – the Department of Homeland Security – as a psychological and political tactic.


Musings On One Who Got Away: Personnel Security, Counterintelligence, And Edward Lee Howard, Ibpp Editor Aug 2002

Musings On One Who Got Away: Personnel Security, Counterintelligence, And Edward Lee Howard, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes several concerns with the United States Government's (USG) approach to minimizing betrayal by its personnel who are entrusted with security clearances, special access to sensitive information, and sensitive positions.


Truth Serum And Terrorism, Ibpp Editor May 2002

Truth Serum And Terrorism, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes several epistemological--as opposed to ethical and moral--anxieties in administering drugs to individuals for the purpose of securing truths supporting the United States Government (USG)-declared war against terrorism with global research.


Internet Support Of Terrorism, Ibpp Editor May 2002

Internet Support Of Terrorism, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article identifies aspects of the Internet that can facilitate terrorist operations


Trends. The Political Psychology Of Indications And Warnings: The Meaning Of "Information To Prevent Terrorist Attacks", Ibpp Editor May 2002

Trends. The Political Psychology Of Indications And Warnings: The Meaning Of "Information To Prevent Terrorist Attacks", Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses alleged availability to the FBI of actionable intelligence prior to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.


Attitudes Toward And The Politicization Of A Religious Terrorist Organization: A Causal Process. Analysis. Part Iii., Ibpp Editor May 2002

Attitudes Toward And The Politicization Of A Religious Terrorist Organization: A Causal Process. Analysis. Part Iii., Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article is the third installment in a series of articles about Hizbullah activities in a variety of countries.


Trends. Terror Management About Terrorism: Continued Victories For The 9/11 Terrorists, Ibpp Editor May 2002

Trends. Terror Management About Terrorism: Continued Victories For The 9/11 Terrorists, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the theory of terror management, and the psychology of terrorism.


Trends. Psychiatric Follies Continue: The Moussaoui Case, Ibpp Editor May 2002

Trends. Psychiatric Follies Continue: The Moussaoui Case, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes several issues related to the evaluation of competency to stand trial for defendants accused of terrorism, in this case Zacarias Moussaoui.


Trends. Competency And Terrorism In The Moussaoui, Ibpp Editor May 2002

Trends. Competency And Terrorism In The Moussaoui, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes several Issues related to the evaluation of competency to stand trial for defendants accused of terrorism.


Breaches Of Homeland Security: Facile Conclusions, Ibpp Editor May 2002

Breaches Of Homeland Security: Facile Conclusions, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses homeland security breaches involving the United States General Accounting Office’s Office of Special Investigations.


Trends. Facts And Conclusions In The Mideast, Ibpp Editor May 2002

Trends. Facts And Conclusions In The Mideast, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses relations between Israelis and Palestinians, and a United Nations report involving the Jenin refugee camp.