Articles
Foreign Policy as Psychotherapy: Iatrogenic Disorders of the People's Republic of China — June 12, 1998
IBPP Editor
This article employs a model of foreign policy as psychotherapy to illustrate dilemmas in the political relationship between the United States (US) and the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Social Construction of Destabilization in Indonesia and Colombia: Recipe for Intelligence and Policy Failures — June 12, 1998
IBPP Editor
This article describes how social constructs can deleteriously affect the implementation of intelligence and policy programs in environments of political destabilization.
Unity of the European Union: A Social Psychological Comment — June 5, 1998
IBPP Editor
This article comments on an analysis by Ronald Steel, a contributing editor to The New Republic, on causal contributors to European Union (EU) unity.
Trends
Trends. Abacha's Demise: Thoughts on Death in Life — June 12, 1998
IBPP Editor
The author discusses whether or not the death of dictator and general Sani Abacha will lead to significant improvement for the lives of most Nigerians.
Trends. Current Events in Northern Ireland, Mexico, and Iraq: The Timeless Problem in Intelligence Operations — June 12, 1998
IBPP Editor
The author discusses the three kinds of intelligence operations and how they may make a future security challenge only that much more difficult to address.