Articles
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: Social Cognitions — October 8, 1999
IBPP Editor
This article explores social cognitions bearing on support for and opposition to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
Conflation of Character and Susceptibility for Treason: Birds of a Feather or Strange Birds? — October 8, 1999
IBPP Editor
This article explores the possibility that a conflation of character and susceptibility to treason is harmful to personnel security programs.
Some Diversity on Biodiversity — October 8, 1999
IBPP Editor
This article advocates for the need to qualify the political goal of maintaining and even increasing global biodiversity.
IBPP Research Associates
IBPP Research Associates: Afghanistan — October 8, 1999
Staff Writer - Afghan Online Press and IBPP Editor
This article - Iran Asks World to Pressure Taliban for Ending War - comes from the Afghan Online Press (AOP) at http://www.afghan-web.com/aop [In 2020: http://www.aopnews.com/]. It discusses Iran's request of the international community to pressure the Taliban to end its war in Afghanistan, noting the refugee crisis in Iran.
Of note: The source of AOP could not be discerned by IBPP in an online search.
IBPP Commentary. An online story is especially susceptible to multiple attempts at perception management. A reader must engage in multiple deliberations as to the story's veracity--content, overt source, and any covert sources--and as to the intentions of multiple sources. However, the deliberations are no different than with other stories throughout history
Regarding the original article, please contact the Afghan Online Press at: http://www.aopnews.com/about/
Trends
Trends. The Iraqi Crisis — October 8, 1999
IBPP Editor
The article discusses the security threat that Iraq presents to the world.
Trends. When Russian Weakness Equates to Strength: Money Laundering, Chechnya, and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction — October 8, 1999
IBPP Editor
The article discusses the aspects of globalization.
