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Thailand: The Land Of Smiles (Until You Take Your First Step), Dave Mccracken

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The remnants of conflicts along the Thai-Cambodian, Lao, Malaysian and Myanmar borders affect the Livelihood of about 400,000 residents. The Thailand Mine Action Center looks to reverse 40 years-worth of Landmine contamination.

Munitions And Mines: Peace Education For Laos, Titus Peachey

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

From the end of the Vietnam War to 1994, 10,000 Laotians fell casualty to the millions of pieces of UXO within their borders. The author recounts the role of Mennonite Central Committee and other NGOs in reversing this situation.

Mine/Uxo Casualties And Casualty Surveillance In Cambodia, Reuben Mccarthy

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Handicap International's Reuben McCarthy details the combined efforts of HI, the Cambodian Red Cross and UNICEF in Cambodia. Putting faces with statistics, he gives the how, when and where of mine/UXO incidents in the country.

Rhino In Cambodia, Manfred Joehnk

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

RHINO, a large and powerful demining tool geared towards large clearance operations, has been put to the test--both on testing grounds and in the field. The result: a level of performance and operability that alleviates the concerns of critics.

K9 Demining Corp To Aid Clearance Efforts In Lebanon, Elizabeth A. Cramer

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The Marshall Legacy Institute, with major contributions from the Humpty Dumpty Institute, is contributing six mine detection dogs to the Lebanese Army's mine clearance team.

Fighting "Don't Know, Don't Care": The Fcda's Public Education Quest, Rachel M. Mihalovich

History Theses & Dissertations

The Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA) was created in December 1950 to prepare the civilian population of the United States to survive and recover from a nuclear attack by the Soviet Union and its allies. Contemporary civil defense theory dictated that this goal should be met by educating the American public in order to avoid a negative psychological reaction that would prevent survival and recovery. In order to evaluate the success of the FCDA's civil defense program, this study will investigate the composition of the FCDA and its public education program.

This study utilized several types of sources in evaluating …

Ibpp Research Associates: Macedonia, Anonymous Non-Native English Speaker In Macedonia

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses what the anonymous non-native English-speaking author considers militant Albanian extremism.

The Other Information Warfare: A Mind Full Of Macedonia, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article highlights ongoing aspects of psychological warfare in Macedonia between government and rebel forces.

Trends. Death Penalties For Purveyors Of Death? Not For Many Terrorists, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the nuances surrounding the use of the death penalty in terrorism cases.

More Spy Games: A Problem With Credibility Of Sources For Counterintelligence And Personnel Security, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article identifies implications of recent meta-evaluations of psychological assessment methods for attempts at identifying individuals who are committing treason or otherwise violating security policies.

Tit For Tat, Patty Cake, And Hide And Seek: The Psychology Of Spy Games, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article explores the psychology of tit-for-tat reactions in the context of espionage and counterespionage.

Trends. Spinning Buddhas, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the March 2001 destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan by the Taliban.

Trends. China And Homosexuality: The Politics Of Security, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the removal of homosexuality from a list of mental illnesses by the Chinese Psychiatric Association (CPA) in the context of international security.

Facilitating Communications And Murder: Operation Condor And United States Complicity, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article explores levels of United States Government (USG) complicity during the late 1970s in the murder of individuals alleged to have been left-wing opponents of South American, right-wing, authoritarian governments.

Falling Dominoes In 2001: Nuclear Weapons And Weapons Of Mass Destruction, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes psychologies of inevitability and their foundations pertaining to nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction.

Ddasaccident408, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

A LAV III following the Nyala struck the mine with the right rear intermediate wheel. Force of explosion destroyed both intermediate tyres. Three pers were in the LAV III and no injuries were sustained.”

Crowd-Dispersal Weapons And The Psychology Of The Crowd, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the peculiar psychology of popular reactions to the development and employment of technologies of military force.

Trends. Nuclear Weapons Redux, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses rationales for reducing the number of nuclear weapons worldwide.

Ddasaccident403, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

Deminer had searched the working lane with his metal detector, having clearly marked the reached right border of his working lane. However it is obvious that he did not mark the left border of his working lane, i.e. he did not follow the metal detector search progress. He most probably had in mind to additionally mark the reached or ‘searched’ area. After searching the mentioned area with the metal detector without any signal that would indicate the presence of metal, he went back to the beginning of his lane, left the detector there, took two pickets, hammer and the base …

Counterintelligence And Insecure Cognitions: The Case Of Robert P. Hanssen, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article identifies cognitions harbored as security-philic beliefs by well-meaning policymakers but associated with even greater security vulnerability.

Acting Against Landmines: The Position Of Handicap International, Hi

Global CWD Repository

Handicap International provides help to people in situation of vulnerability, especially those in areas of low development and in conflict zones. The association specifically acts on behalf of people with disabilities, irrespective of the cause of their impairment (congenital or pre-natal problems, disease, accidents, violence or traumatism, malnutrition) and of its nature (physical, sensorial, intellectual).

Since its creation in 1982, Handicap International has been confronted with the widespread nature of the devastation caused by landmines, and especially by antipersonnel mines1 . Tens of thousands of people who have benefited from Handicap International’s assistance, share a common factor, one day, they …

Report On The Review Of Unocha's Mine Action Programme For Afghanistan, Gichd

Global CWD Repository

This report was commissioned and funded by the Government of Japan, the Canadian International Development Agency and the Department for International Development of the United Kingdom, requiring for additional funds further evidence of programme impact and recommendations on the future development of the MAPA. The objectives of the review are:

1) To determine the benefit of mine action in Afghanistan to date in terms of:

• humanitarian and socio-economic impact
• technical effectiveness
• management efficiency
• political considerations
• effective, efficient and transparent use of funding

2) To recommend changes to improve the efficiency and impact of MAPA.

3) To consider options leading to …

A Study Of Socio-Economic Approaches To Mine Action, Undp

Global CWD Repository

The Study of Socio-Economic Approaches to Mine Action aims to develop straightforward guidelines for the planning and evaluation of mine action programmes. Guidelines that put centre stage human, social, economic and environmental indicators for mine action and their role within wider emergency and development humanitarian interventions.

Trends. Profiles Of Terrorist Profiles: The Case Of Khalil Abu Elba, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some of the complexities in developing profiles of actual and potential terrorists.

Trends. Annual Polygraph Report To Congress: The Emperor Still Wearing No Clothes?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some theoretical and methodological concerns with the approach of the United States (US) Department of Defense (DOD) towards establishing the validity of the counterintelligence-scope polygraph (CSP).

Ddasaccident430, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

At approximately 11:00hrs on 20 February, a left hand drive Land Rover with add-on armour for mine protection, crewed by a [Demining group] Survey Team struck a landmine. The vehicle’s front left wheel area and part of the engine were extensively damaged. There were no serious injuries.

Trends. Education And National Security In The 21st Century, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the release of a report written by the Project on Government Secrecy of the Federation of American Scientists, related to the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century. The report discusses the importance of education to the fields of security and intelligence.

Ibpp Research Associates: The Mideast, Anonymous Israeli Citizen

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The following is offered by an Israeli citizen in the context of an electronic dialogue with an IBPP research associate. (Unedited by IBPP with a few exceptions in brackets.)

Ddasaccident358, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

The deminer was conducting manual clearance utilising full excavation drills. At 09:15 he was excavating the front right comer of his lane he initiated what is believed to be a V550.

Ibpp Research Associates: Uganda, Staff Writer – The Monitor Online (Uganda)

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article - Issue joint statement against bombs, by a newspaper staff writer - was originally posted on The Monitor [Online] (Uganda) on January 30, 2001. It presents information about the 2001 elections in Uganda, comparing the current events to the violence- and tension-filled elections of 1996.

The full article is not available for download due to copyright restrictions. Please contact Daily Monitor for details.

Daily Monitor was established as an independent daily newspaper, The Monitor, and relaunched as Daily Monitor in June 2005. Daily Monitor is a subsidiary of Monitor Publications Ltd, which is owned by The Nation Media …