Articles
Psychopolitical Dynamics of Air Rage — June 16, 2000
IBPP Editor
This article describes two elements of the psychopolitical dynamics of air rage. The first comprises the rise of air rage as a labeling construct. The second comprises aspects of perceived power and social perception that seem to engender behavior labeled as air rage.
Racial Profiling: The Criterion of Disproportionate Numbers — June 16, 2000
IBPP Editor
This article critiques a common criterion employed to identify examples of racial profiling in law enforcement.
The Psychology of Rogue Nations, Missile Defense, and Self Defense — June 16, 2000
IBPP Editor
This article describes the construct and psychological meanings of "rogue nation."
IBPP Research Associates
IBPP Research Associates: Ethiopia — June 16, 2000
Staff Reporter - Addis Tribune
This article - Addis Tribune Mourns Tamrat Bekele, by an Addis Tribune staff reporter - discusses the life of Tamrat Bekele, founder of Addis Tribune. The article was originally published in the Addis Tribune for the week of June 9, 2000.
It may be accessed in part at http://allafrica.com/stories/200006090044.html. The full article resides in the AllAfrica archive, and it may be accessed via an AllAfrica subscription (http://allafrica.com/misc/info/subscribe.html).
Trends
Trends. Counterterrorist and Human Rights Logic and Illogic — June 16, 2000
IBPP Editor
This article discusses and evaluates Human Rights Watch's critique of the United States Commission on Terrorism and its decision to lift restrictions on the Central Intelligence Agency to recruit foreign informants who have been involved in serious human rights abuses.
Trends. Young Dr. Assad: Seeing is Believing, the Child is Father to the Man, or the Father of the Child is the Father to the Man? — June 16, 2000
IBPP Editor
This article discusses predictions about national leadership based on early psychological challenges and modes of response, with Bashar al-Assad of Syria as an example.