May, 2005
CURRICULUM VITAE
JERROLD
M. POST, M.D.
The
The
(202) 994-7386
FAX (202) 994-9537
jpost@gwu.edu
CURRENT POSITION
Professor of Psychiatry, Political Psychology and International Affairs
Director, Political Psychology Program, The
Co-Director, The George Washington University Institute for Crisis and Disaster Management
Associate Director for Safety and Security, The George Washington Aviation Institute
EDUCATION
· B.A., 1956, magna cum laude, with High Honors in Human Culture and Behavior.
· Elected to Sigma Xi, Science Honor Society.
· M.D., 1960. Elected to Alpha Omega Alpha, Honor Medical Society.
· M.D. Dissertation Effects of Estrogen and Progesterone upon the Behavior of Ovariectomized Female Rats in A Stressful Situation
POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION
Yale‑New
· Intern, Department of Internal Medicine, 1960‑1961
· Resident in psychiatry, 1961‑1963
National Institute of Mental Health
· Clinical Associate, 1963‑1965
· Graduate course work in International Relations, 1967‑1968
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Central Intelligence Agency, 1965‑1986.
Founding Director, Center for the Analysis of Personality and Political Behavior, 1974-1986
Major focus on the behavioral
assessment of key foreign personalities. In 1974, founded and led from its
inception the Center for the Analysis of Personality and Political Behavior
(later re-designated the
For conceptualizing, implementing, and leading the Center for the Analysis of Personality and Political Behavior, he was awarded the Intelligence Medal of Merit in 1979. He received the Studies in Intelligence Award in 1980.
Director of Political and Military Psychology, Defense Systems, Inc., (DSI), 1986‑1987.
Co‑principal investigator for research study of Crisis Management at the Department of State, sponsored by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State; studied behavioral aspects of military command and control system; contributed to studies of Soviet disinformation, Soviet deception, the dynamics of insurgencies, and corruption.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
At The
2002- Homeland Security Faculty Council
2002- Executive Committee, Emergency Preparedness Advisory Council
1996- Research
Professor of Engineering Management
1996- Director, Group Psychotherapy Program, Department of Psychiatry
1994- Co-director, George Washington Institute of Crisis and Disaster Management
1991- Research Professor of Psychology
1990- Research professor of Political Science
1987‑ Professor of Psychiatry, Political Psychology and International Affairs
1987- Director,
the
1979‑87 Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
1969‑78 Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Elsewhere:
1961‑63
1966‑68
1970‑72
1985
1986 Menninger Foundation, Visiting Professor
2004 The
HONORS, AWARDS, AND CERTIFICATIONS
· Aaron Brown National Medical Student Essay Award, 1960
·
· Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, (Psychiatry), 1967
· Elected to Fellowship in American Psychiatric Association, 1973, in Recognition of Career Contributions in Field of Psychiatry and International Affairs
·
·
·
Elected to
· Named Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association, 1997
·
Elected to
· Elected to Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP), 2000
· Nevitt Sanford Award of the International Society of Political Psychology for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Political Psychology, 2002
·
Elected to Fellowship,
· Named Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association, 2002
· Harry Stack Sullivan Lecturer, Sheppard Pratt June 2003
·
Jeanne Knutson Award of the International
Society of
GRANTS
· Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, Research Grant 1987-1989, to support research in “Pathways of Terrorism” ($70,000)
· United States Institute of Peace, 1989, to support research on “Effects of Anti-terrorist Policies upon Terrorist Behavior: Effects of Retaliation” ($25,000)
· Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education, 1989-1992, three year grant “To Develop a Model Graduate Curriculum in Political Psychology at the George Washington University” ($225,000)
· Carnegie Corporation of New York, 1990-1993 “To Support Research and Writing on Political Psychology” ($330,000)
·
Smith-Richardson Foundation,
ELECTED AND
APPOINTED POSITIONS
·
Secretary,
· Representative, Association of Yale Alumni, 1982‑86
· Governing Council, International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP), 1983‑85
· Chair, Section on Leader‑Follower Relations, ISPP 7th Annual Meeting, 1984
· Member, International Task Force on Prevention of Nuclear Terrorism, 1986‑
· Executive Committee, Yale Alumni in Medicine, 1986‑1992
· Member, American Psychiatric Association Task Force on Terrorism, 1987‑
· Council on International Affairs, American Psychiatric Association, 1987-1993
· Chair, Sanford Award Committee, ISPP, 1987-l988
· Conference Chair, ISPP 1990 Annual Scientific Meeting (Washington)
· Chair, American Psychiatric Association Committee on Psychological Issues in the Nuclear Age, 1992-1994
· Chair, International Conference on “The Politics of Illness in High Office,” 1993
· Vice-President, International Society of Political Psychology, 1994-1996
· Chair, American APA Task Force on National and International Terrorism and Political Violence, 1994-
· Vice President, International Society of Political Psychology, 1994-1996
· Conference Chair, ISPP 1995 Annual Scientific Meeting (Washington)
· Appointed to National Working Group on Presidential Disability and the 25th Amendment, 1995-1997
· Chair, Conference on “Choosing a Healthy President,” 1995
· Chair, Conference on the Psychology of Hatred and Hate Crimes, November, 1996
·
Executive Chair,
· Chair, Counter-Terrorism: An International Conference Sponsored by the Defense Intelligence Agency for US government counter-terrorism analysts, November, 1997
· Consultant, Y2K Commission, 1999-2000
· U.S. Department of Homeland Security Infrastructure Advisory Team, managed by Oak Ridge Associated Universities, 2004 –
·
Appointed to the organizing committee of the
EDITORIAL POSITIONS
· Editorial Board, Terrorism, 1985‑1992
· Editorial Board, Political Psychology, 1986‑
· International Advisory Board, Terrorism Archive, UMI, 1987-
· Editorial board, Politics and the Life Sciences, 1991-
· Editorial board, Studies in Terrorism and Conflict, 1992-
· Editorial board, Journal for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society, 1996-
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books:
When Illness Strikes the Leader: The Dilemma of the Captive King.(with Robins, R.) Yale University Press, 1993; trade paper edition, 1995.
Political Paranoia: The Psychopolitics of
Hatred (with Robins, R.),
Yasser
Arafat: Psychological Profile and Strategic Analysis ( with Kimhi, S., and Even, S.,
editors) The International Disciplinary Center, Herzliya and the American
Jewish Committee, 2002
The
Psychological Assessment of Political Leaders with Profiles of Saddam Hussein
and Bill Clinton (editor) (
Leaders
and Followers in a Dangerous World: The
Psychology of Political
Declaration of Jihad Against the Country’s Tyrants, Military Series: The al Qaeda Terrorism Manual (editor) 2005
The
Psychological Assessment of Political Leaders with Profiles of Saddam Hussein
and Bill Clinton (editor) (
The Mind
of the Terrorist, Palgrave/St.
Martins Press (forthcoming)
Book Chapters:
“The Group Dynamics of Terrorist Behavior” in Proceedings of Symposium Outthinking the Terrorist: An International Challenge, Defense Nuclear Agency, April 1985.
“Rewarding
Fire with Fire? Effects of Retaliation on Terrorist Group Dynamics,” in Contemporary Trends in World Terrorism,
Kurz, A. (ed.)
“Prospects
for Nuclear Terrorism: Psychological Incentives and Constraints,” Chapter in Preventing Nuclear Terrorism, Leventhal,
P. and Alexander, Y. (eds.)
“Group and
Organizational Dynamics of International Terrorism: Implications for
Counter-Terrorist Policy,” in Wilkinson, Paul and A.M. Stewart (eds.) Contemporary Research on Terrorism,
1987.
“It’s Us Against Them” The Basic Assumptions of Political Terrorists,” in Irrationality in Organizational Life, Kranz, J. (ed.) A.K. Rice Institute Press, Washington, D.C. 1987.
“Terrorist Psycho-logic: Terrorist Behavior as a Product of Psychological Forces” in Origins of Terrorism, Reich, W.(ed.) Cambridge Univ. Press, 1990.
“Differentiating Terrorist Psychologies: The Basis for a Rational Differentiated Anti-terrorist Policy”, Proceedings of Conference Academic Research in Terrorism and Public Policy, Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1991.
“Effects of
Crisis-Induced Stress on Policy Makers,” in George, A. (ed.) Avoiding Inadvertent War.
“Worlds in
Collision, Worlds in Collusion: The Uneasy Relationship Between the Policy
Community and the Academic Community” (with Raphael Ezekiel) in McCauley, R.
(ed.) Academic Research in
Terrorism and Public Policy.
“Saddam
Hussein: A Political Psychology Profile” in The
Political Psychology of the Gulf Crisis, Renshon, S. (ed.) Univ. of
“Narcissism and the Quest for Political Power” in Omnipotent Fantasies and the Vulnerable Self Ellman, C. and Reppen, L. )(eds.) Jason Aronson, Inc.: 1997.
“The
Political Psychology of Saddam Hussein” in Lessons
of the Gulf War: Social Science Perspectives, 1992.
“The
Political Psychology of the Ross Perot Phenomenon” in Renshon, S. (ed.) The
“The Changing
Face of International Terrorism: Weapons of Mass Destruction, Weapons of Mass
Disruption” (with Eric Shaw and Keven Ruby) in Harrald, J. and Shaw, G. (eds.) Proceeding of the International Emergency
Management Society, May, 1998,
“Disraeli’s
Crucial Illness” (with Charles Richmond) in Disraeli:
The Fashioning of the Self.
“Terrorism
and Counterterrorism” (with K. Ruby), Oxford
Companion to American Military History,
“Psychological and Motivational factors in Terrorist Decision Making: Implications for CBW Terrorism” in Toxic Terror Tucker, J. (ed.) M.I.T. Press, 2000.
“Broken
Hearts and Broken Minds: Psychiatric Disorders and the 25th
Amendment” in Presidential
Disability and the 25th Amendment Robert Gilbert (ed.)
“Charismatic Movements and the Millennium” in Encyclopedia of Millennial Movements.
“Yasser
Arafat: Identities in Conflict” in Yasser Arafat: Psychological Profile
and Strategic Analysis Kimhi,
S., Even, S., and Post, J. (editors) The
International Disciplinary Center, Herzliya and the American Jewish
Committee, 2002
“Killing in the Name of God: Radical Islam and Osama bin Laden” in Know Thy Enemy: Leadership Profiles and Strategic Cultures, U.S. Air Force Counter Proliferation Press. 2002. Published separately as Counterproliferation Paper #18,
“Saddam is
“The
Psychology of the Terrorist: An
Interview with Jerrold M. Post” with Steven N. Gold. Trauma
Practice in the Wake of
“Killing in the Name of God: Radical Islam and Osama bin Laden” in Know Thy Enemy: Leadership Profiles and Strategic Cultures, U.S. Air Force Counter Proliferation Press. 2003. (Updated and revised in second edition)
“Saddam is
“Prospects for chemical/biological terrorism: psychological incentives and constraints” in
Bioterrorism, Ursano, R. and A. Norwood (eds), Cambridge Univ. Press, 2004
“Weapons of
Mass Destruction Terrorism” (with Laurita Denny) in Avoiding the Abyss: Progress,
Shortfalls and the Way Ahead in Combating WMD Threat Jim Davis and Barry Schneider
(editors)
“The Socio-cultural Underpinnings of Terrorist
Psychology, Chapter 5” Root Causes of Terrorism:
Myths, Reality and Ways
Forward. Tore Bjørgo (ed),
Routledge, in press July 2005.
“When Hatred is Bred in the Bone,” (Chapter
in a three volume series) The Making of a Terrorist:
Recruitment, Training, and
Root Causes. Dr. James JF
Forest (ed),
Publishers, in press published
Summer 2005.
Articles:
“A Study of An Early Class Contact Situation” J. of Human Relations, Vol. 8, #1, 1959.
“Yellow
Vision in a Patient Taking Chlorothiazide” New
“X-Ray Therapy of Bronchogenic Carcinoma: A Review” Phi Delta Epsilon J. , 1960 (Winner, Aaron Brown Essay Award).
“Anuria as a
Presenting Symptom in Unsuspected Leukemia” New
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“What Are
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“Group Supervision Saves Staff Time” (with Salamon, I.) Mental Hospitals August, 1965.
“Alpha Blocking and Schizophrenia 1. Methodology and Initial Studies” (with Salamon, I.) Archives of General Psychiatry, Vol. 13, October, 1965.
“Putting a Lid on the Id” Psychiatric Q., July, 1966.
“Antidepressant Treatment of Depression in the Recovering Schizophrenic” (with Salamon, I.) Diseases of the Nervous System, Vol. 27, August 1966.
“Drug Administration in an Outpatient Group Setting” (with Salamon, I.) Mental Hospitals August, 1966.
“Depression in the Recovering Schizophrenic: Antidepressant Treatment” (with Salamon, I.) Dis. Nervous Systems, 1966.
“Putting a Lid on the Id” Psychiatric Q. July, 1966.
“A Moral Dilemma,” Sports Car Graphic, January, 1970.
“Apoplexy, Italian Style,” The Pharos, October, 1976.
“On Aging Leaders: Possible Effects of the Aging Process on the Conduct of Leadership,” J. Geriatric Psychiatry, Vol. VI, 1973.
“The Seasons of a Leader’s Life: Influences of the Life Cycle on Political Behavior,” Political Psychology, Vol. 2, No. 3/4: 35‑49, Fall/Winter 1980.
“Individual and Group Dynamics of Terrorist Behavior,” Proceedings of 7th World Congress of Psychiatry, 1983.
“Woodrow Wilson Re‑examined: The Mind‑Body Controversy Redux and Other Disputations,” Political Psychology, Vol. 4, No. 2, Spring, 1983.
“Notes on a Psychodynamic Theory of Terrorism,” Terrorism, Vol. 7, No. 3, 1984.
“Dreams of Glory and the Life Cycle: The Life Course of Narcissistic Leaders,” J. of Political and Military Sociology, Vol. 12, No.1, Spring 1984.
“Narcissism and the Charismatic Leader‑Follower Relationship,” Political Psychology, Volume 7, No. 4, 1986.
“Hostilité, Conformité, Fraternité: The Group Dynamics of Terrorist Behavior,” Int. J. of Group Psychotherapy, Vol. 36, No. 2, April, 1986.
“The Paranoid Political Actor” (with Robins, R.) Biography, Vol. 10, No. 1, 1987.
“It’s Us Against Them: The Group Dynamics of Terrorist Behavior,” Terrorism, V. 10, # 1, 1987.
“Prospects for Nuclear Terrorism,” Conflict Quarterly, Summer, 1987.
“Worlds in Collision, Worlds in Collusion: The Uneasy Relationship between the Anti-Terrorism Policy Community and the Academic Community” (with Raphael Ezekiel) in Terrorism, Vol 11, #6, 1989.
“Is ‘The
Right Stuff’ The Right Stuff?: Interpersonal Challenges Facing an International
Crew on a Long Duration Space Station
“The Captive
King: Psychological Dynamics of the Disabled Leader and His
“Reflections of a Talking Head,” Political Psychology, Vol. 13, 1992.
“Current Concepts of Narcissism: Implications for Political Psychology,” Political Psychology, Vol. 13, # 1, 1992.
“Saddam
Hussein of
“Saddam
Hussein of
“Saddam Hussein: Afterword,” Political Psychology, Vol. 12, #4, pp. 723-725, 1991.
“Psyching Out
Saddam,” The
“Suicide and the Pressures of High Office,” Psychiatric Times, Vol. X, #10, October, 1993.
“Aging Revolutionary in an Aging Revolution: A Political Psychology Profile of Fidel Castro,” Problems of Post-Communism, Spring, 1995.
“Boris Yeltsin: Against the Grain,” Problems of Post-Communism, January-February, 1996.
“Political Personality Profile of Alexandr Lebed,” (with Pridotkas, A.) Post-Soviet Studies,
May, 1996
“The Loss of
Enemies, Fragmenting Identities, and the Resurgence of Ethnic/Nationalist
Hatred and Anti-Semitism in
“More than a Figure of Speech,” Security Management Dec., 1996.
“Problems in Managing the VIP With Psychiatric Disorders,” Lessons in Psychiatry, Summer, 1997.
“Threats of Workplace Violence: The Role of the Mental Health Professional on the Law Enforcement and Security Team” (with Shaw, E.) The Police Chief, March 1997.
“Genocide in
“The Insider Threat to Information Systems”
(with Shaw, E. and Ruby, K. G.) Security
Awareness Bulletin, Number 2-98, pp. 27-47, Security Research Center of the
Defense Security Service.
“The Psychopolitics of Hatred” Peace and Conflict, Vol. 5, #4, 1999.
“The Madness of Crowds and Y2K” Special Y2K edition, IPM on-line journal, Summer, 1999
“From Car Bombs to Logic Bombs: The Growing Threat from Information System Terrorism” (with Eric Shaw and Keven Ruby) Terrorism and Political Violence (Summer 2000).
“Murder in a
Political Context: Profile of an Abu Nidal Terrorist” Bulletin of the
“Managing the Threat from Within” (with E. Shaw and K. Ruby), Information Security, July,
2000.
“Killing in the
Name of God: Osama bin Laden and Radical Islam” Foreign Service Journal, December, 2001
“The Radical Group in Context: 1. An Integrated Framework
for the Analysis of Group Risk for Terrorism” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism Vol. 25, #2
March-April 2002 pp.73-100 (lead author, with Keven Ruby
and Eric Shaw)
“The Radical Group in Context: 2. Identification of
Critical Elements in the analysis of Risk for Terrorism by Radical
Group Type” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism Vol. 25, #2
March- April
2002 pp.101-126 (lead author, with Keven Ruby and Eric Shaw)
“Chemical/Biological Terrorism: Psychological
Incentives and Constraints” J. of Peace
Studies
Fall,
2002
“The Psychology of the Terrorist: An Interview with Jerrold M. Post” Journal of
Trauma Practice,
2002, Vol.1,
#3/4. pp. 87-100(lead author, with Steven N. Gold)
“Ethical
Considerations in Psychiatric Profiling of Political Figures” The
Psychiatric Clinics of
2003
“The Terrorists in
their Own Words: Interviews with 35 Incarcerated Middle Eastern Terrorists,”
Post,
J.,
2005
“Psychological
Operations and Counter-terrorism” Joint Force Quarterly, Spring 2005
“When
Hatred is Bred in the Bone: Psychocultural
Foundations of Contemporary Terrorism,”
“The
New Face of Terrorism,” Behavioral Science and the Law. (in press)
“Tyranny
on Trial: The Personality and Trial Conduct of Slobodan Milosevic and Saddam
Hussein (with
“Psychology,” Addressing
the Causes of Terrorism. The Club de Madrid Series on Democracy and
Terrorism Volume 1 from the
International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security
“Crimes of Obedience” (with Lara Panis) Democracy
and Security (in press)
Levinson, D. and
Gallagher, Patienthood in the Mental Hospital,” in Comprehensive Psychiatry, Vol. 6, #3, June, 1965.
Bass, B. “Stodgill’s Handbook of Leadership by Bernard Bass,” in J. of Political and Military Sociology, Vol. 11, No. 1, Spring 1983.
Lynch, J. “The Language of the Heart: The Body’s Response to Human Dialogue,” J. of Politics and the Life Sciences, Spring, 1986.
Marvick, E. “The
Young
Volkan, V. and Itzkowtiz, N. “The Immortal Ataturk,” Political Psychology, Vol. 8, # 4, Fall 1987.
Park, Bert E., M.D. “The Impact of Illness on World Leaders,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 19, #2, Spring, 1989.
Park, Bert E., M.D. “The Impact of Illness on World Leaders,” Political Psychology, Vol. 10, #3, September 1989.
Redlich,
Fritz, M.D. “Hitler: Diagnosis of a Destructive Prophet,”
Redlich, Fritz, M.D. “Hitler: Diagnosis of a Destructive Prophet,”Political Psychology, Vol. 11, #2, June, 1999
Redlich, Fritz, M.D. “Hitler: Diagnosis of a Destructive Prophet,” Review essay (with K. Deklava) Archives of General Psychiatry (March, 2002).
George,
Alexander and Juliette George “Presidential Personality and Performance,” Congress and the Presidency (Fall, 2001)
Press Commentary
“The Terrorist Mentality,” Christian Science Monitor, May 15, 1986
“In the Grip
of Terrorism,” feature article in Palm
Beach Post and associated newspapers,
“Inside the
Mind of the Terrorist,” Outlook
article (full page feature) in Washington
Post,
“Effects of Disability on World Leaders,” radio interview and call in, October, 1988.
“Anti-terrorist Policy,” National Public Radio commentary, Nov. 1988.
“Prospects for Terrorism and Public Policy,” C-Span, Nov. 1988.
“The Psychology of Terrorism,” the Diane Rehm Show, WAMU, Dec., 1988.
“The Outlook for Terrorism,” national radio call in interview, September 1989.
“Psyching out Gorbachev” Washington Post Outlook, 1989.
“Understanding Terrorism,” C-Span call in feature, September, 1989.
“Saddam Hussein: In Pursuit of Revolutionary Destiny” Boston Herald weekend feature,
August, 1990.
“The High and the Mighty High: Substance Abuse
in Political Leaders,” Outlook feature article, Washington Post,
“Saddam
Hussein of
DURING THE NINE MONTHS OF THE GULF CRISIS, APPROXIMATELY 200 INTERVIEWS BY ELECTRONIC AND PRINT MEDIA.
“Altro che
Matto,” Panorama,
“Crazy Like a
Fox: Saddam Hussein,”
“Responding
to Qaddafi,” Christian Science Monitor,
“The Politics
of Sickness,” Phila. Inquirer,
“Greed, Sex,
Ego and Ideology-The Making of a Spy,” Phila.
Inquirer,
“FBI Read the
Wrong Book on the Branch Davidians,” Phila.
Inquirer,
“Peace
Confronts Three Mortal Men,” Phil.
Inquirer,
“Slobodan
Milosevic: Why the Crisis Could Last” (with K. Deklava) Christian Science
Monitor
“Slobodan and
Saddam: Birds of a Feather”
“Air Rage,” television magazine interview, ITN (British network), Nov., 1999.
“The Psychopolitics of the Elian Gonzales
Conflict: The Psychology of the Mob and the Prospects for Violence,” CBS,
April, 2000.
“Inside Arafat”s Mind” Newsday
“Yasir Arafat: A Political Personality Profile”
DURING THE EIGHT MONTHS POST 9/11, APPROXIMATELY 350 INTERVIEWS BY ELECTRONIC AND PRINT MEDIA CONCERNING TERRORISM, OSAMA BIN LADEN, AND SUICIDAL TERRORISM.
Regular appearances on “Hardball” with Chris Mathews, MSNBC, with
Wolf Blitzer, CNN, National Public Radio.
Filmed magazine pieces and feature articles in major international
media, including
“Origins of bin
Laden network,” Christian Science Monitor,
“Tale of a jihad soldier,” Christian
Science Monitor,
“After bin Laden,” Invited weekend feature, LA Times.
February, 2002
“Saddam Hussein: 'Not a lunatic',”
Christian Science Monitor,
“Sniper suspects in hand,: Christian
Science Monitor,
SINCE OCTOBER 2002,
SEVERAL HUNDRED ELECTRONIC AND PRINT MEDIA INTERVIEWS CONCERNING UPDATED
PROFILE OF SADDAM HUSSEIN
Major profile on ABC Nightline, discussion on CBS Face The Nation,
regular appearances on NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, ABC, CBS, Fox News and international
media outlets.
“Why Hussein
sees history on his side Christian Science Monitor,
“
“POW effect: The
captured become tools of warfare Christian Science Monitor,
“Suicide bombers
not crazy, expert says,” Reuters News Service,
“Profiler: Saddam
seeking 'balm to a shattered self',” CNN,
Hardball, MSNBC,
“
“Suicide bombings becoming the weapon of choice for many terrorists,” CBS Evening News,
“'Phase shift' in terror's war on
West,” Christian Science Monitor,
FOLLOWING THE CAPTURE OF SADDAM HUSSEIN,
DECEMBER 2003 EXTENSIVE MEDIA INTERVIEWS
“Rathole
Under The Palace” OpEd LA Times, Opinion Section.
Extensive
interviews regarding Crimes of Obedience in relation to prisoner abuse
situation in
“Officials
Worry of Pre-Election Attack,” Associated Press,
“After
“Dr. Jerrold
Post of George
“Former CIA
psychiatrist Dr. Jerrold Post on
al-Qaeda's use of videotaped hostage beheadings as weapon of terror,” Capital
Report,
“Psychology
of Saddam,” CNN,
“Dr. Jerrold Post, former CIA profiler,
discusses Saddam Hussein's appearance in court,” The Early Show,
“Saddam on
the Stand Analysis by CIA Profiler,” Good Morning
“Terrorists
‘Norma’; Suicide Bombers Fit their Culture, Psychiatrist Says,”
“Inside the
mind of Al Qaeda,” Christian Science Monitor,
“Tools of
Terror: Seminar Examines Terrorists' Use of Psychology, Technology, and the New
Media,” PR Newswire,
“Bin Laden a
'malignant' personality who commands attention, CIA expert says,” The
Philadelphia Inquirer,
“Psychiatrist analyses Bin Laden video,” The
New Zealand Herald,
“Vain bin Laden seeks a wider audience,” Gold Coast Bulletin (
“'To the brink and beyond',” The Toronto Star,
“A popular, and much hated, word Who's a terrorist now?” The
“Comments from the terrorism conference in
“Un enemigo
imposible de derrotar,” El Pais,
“Portrait of
Saddam Hussein as Defendant” French
Public Television,
“The Wartime Psychological Profiles of Adolph Hitler” Three days of interviewing, March 2005, by BBC crew from London , at National Archives, GW Elliott School, and on streets of Washington near capitol for major BBC production for 6 part series on end of WWII for next fall, to be shown in US by Discovery Channel.
“An Early
Wartime Profile Depicts a Tormented Hitler,” The New York Times,
“
Newspaper Column “Psychopolitics” in Psychiatric Times
“The Mind of the Traitor,” September, 1994.
“Political Paranoia and Right-Wing Extremism,” February, 1996.
“Radovan Karadzic: Poet of Death,” (with Dekleva, K.) May, 1996.
“Publish or Perish: The Unabomber Papers,” November, 1996.
“Profiling Political Leaders: An Ethical Dilemma,” February, 1997.
“Portrait of an Abu Nidal Terrorist,” May, 1997.
“Saddam Hussein: Deja Vu All Over Again,” April, 1998.
“Slobodan Milosevic: A Political Psychology Profile” (with K. Dekleva), May, 2000.
“Yasir Arafat: Two Clocks Ticking” February, 2001
Congressional Testimony
“Saddam Hussein: A Political Psychology Profile,” Testimony to House Armed Services Committee, Les Aspin Chairman, November, 1990.
“A Political
Personality Profile of Saddam Hussein,” Testimony to House Foreign Affairs
Committee, Lee Hamilton Chairman, December, 1990.
Testified
before House of Representatives sub-committee on Biological Terrorism
concerning “Biological Terrorism: Psychological Incentives and Constraints” October, 2001
Testified
before Senate Armed Services Committee on “Terrorist Psychology and
Decision
Making.” November, 2001
Invited
by UN International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna to present paper on “The
Psychology of Nuclear Terrorism” before
special session of IAEA on Nuclear Terrorism,” December 2001.
“The Mind of
the Terrorist” with an emphasis on radical Islam. Off the record staff briefing.
“The Axis of
Evil Part II: Profiles of Kim Jong Il
and Iranian Leadership” Off the record
staff briefing.
ORGANIZED MAJOR CONFERENCES
“Academic
Contributions to Terrorism Research: An International Conference, “
“Developing a Model Curriculum in Political Psychology,” George Wash. Univ., June, 1993.
“The Psychpolitics of Illness in High Office: An International Conference,” The George Washington Univ., 1993.
“Violence in the Workplace,” National Television Conference, televised to 40 downsites.
“Choosing a
Healthy President,” George
“Hatred and Hate Crimes in the 1990s,” (with Anti-Defamation League) The George Washington Univ., Nov., 1996.
Executive chair, “White House Commission-George Washington University International Conference on Aviation Safety and Security in the 21st Century,” January, 1997.
“Academic Contributions to Countering Terrorism” Organized for
Defense Intelligence Agency for
MAJOR PROFESSIONAL
PRESENTATIONS IN FIELD OF POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY
“On Aging
Leaders,” paper presented to the 5th World Congress of Psychiatry,
“When
Private Motives Distort Public Behavior,” paper presented as contribution to
symposium on “Individual, Group, and Organizational Influences on Irrational
Political Decision Making,” 1st Annual Meeting, International Society of
Political Psychology (ISPP),
“The Life
Cycle and Political Behavior,” organized and chaired symposium, 2nd Annual
Meeting, ISPP,
“Effects of
Age and Health on Political Behavior,” organized and chaired symposium, 5th
Annual Meeting, ISPP,
“Narcissism
and Collective Behavior,” organized and chaired symposium, 6th Annual Meeting,
ISPP,
“Behavioral
Aspects of Terrorism,” organized and chaired symposium, 6th Annual Meeting,
ISPP,
“Individual
and Group Dynamics of Terrorist Behavior,” paper presented to 7th World
Congress of Psychiatry,
“Effects of Age and Ill Health on Political Decision-Making,” presentation to Louisiana State University School of Medicine, April 1984.
“The
Psychology of Political Terrorism,” presentation to
“Charismatic Leadership,” organized and chaired symposium at 7th Annual Meeting, ISPP, July 1984.
“The Psycho‑Social
Determinants of Terrorism,” paper presented at symposium “U.S. Foreign Policy
Toward Terrorism and the Prospects for the Future,” The Institute for American
Values,
“Behavioral
Contributions to Research in Terrorism,” presentation to Harry Frank Guggenheim
Foundation,
“The Psychology of Terrorism,” presentation to Department of Psychiatry, Walter Reed, February 1985.
“The Group Dynamics of Terrorist Behavior,” presented to symposium “Outthinking the Terrorist: An International Challenge,” the 10th annual symposium on The Role of
Behavioral Science in Physical Security, sponsored by the Defense Nuclear Agency, April 1985.
“The Psychological Determinants of Terrorist Behavior,” presented to George Washington University School of Medicine, May 1985.
“The Brain, the Mind, and Behavior,” organized and chaired symposium, Yale University School of Medicine, June 1985.
“The Paranoid Political Actor,” (with Robins, R.), paper presented to 8th annual meeting of
ISPP,
“Charismatic Leadership,” chaired roundtable at 8th Annual Meeting of ISPP, June 1985.
“International Terrorism: Prospects and Policy,” chaired policy dialogue at 8th Annual Meeting of ISPP, June 1985.
“Rewarding
Fire With Fire? Effects of Retaliation on Terrorist Group Dynamics,” presented
to International Conference on Current Trends in World Terrorism,
“The
Psychology of Political Terrorism,” presentation to International Terrorism Symposium,
sponsored by
“Leadership
and Personality in
“Personality and Political Behavior,” workshop presented to American Group Psychotherapy Association, February 1986.
“The Psychology of Nuclear Terrorism,” presented to Symposium on Nuclear Terrorism sponsored by the Nuclear Control Institute, Aspen Foundation, March, 1986.
“The
Implications of Terrorist Psychology for Counterterrorist Policy,” presented to
International Conference on Terrorism Research,
“Conflict
Resolution and Cooperation “ chaired conflict resolution workshop at 9th Annual
Meeting, ISPP,
“Terrorism
and International Relations,” chaired and organized symposium, 9th Annual
Meeting, ISPP,
“Individual, Group, and Organizational Psychology of Political Terrorism,” paper presented to 9th Annual Meeting, ISPP, 1986.
“Terrorism and the Media,” presentation to Foreign Press Center Seminar “Countering State‑Supported Terrorism,” sponsored by U.S. Information Agency, State Department
Auditorium, July 1986.
“Structured Knowledge Acquisition: Avoiding the Pitfalls in Developing Exert Systems,” (with M. James Naughton), Presented to Symposium 5th Generation Systems, sponsored by
the National Institute for Software Quality and Productivity, Inc., October 27‑28, 1986.
“The Individual, Group, and Organizational Dynamics of Political Terrorism,” presented to Symposium “Terrorism: Understanding The Terrorist and His Victim,” sponsored
jointly by
“The Behavioral Dynamics of Political Terrorism: Implications for Intelligence Requirements,” Presented to symposium “Intelligence Requirements for Low Intensity
Conflict,” co‑sponsored by Defense Intelligence Agency and Armed Forces Communication and Electronic Association, October 1986.
“The Behavioral Dynamics of Insurgents and Terrorists: Policy Implications,” presented to Symposium: “Dealing with Insurgencies, The Role of Amnesties, Ceasefires, and
Negotiations,”
sponsored by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State,
“Psychological
Operations: Major Weapon in the Counter‑Terrorist Arsenal,” presented to
the Joint Senior Psychological Operations Course,
“The
Psychology of Political Terrorism,” presented to symposium: “International
Terrorism,” sponsored by the International Association,
“Political Terrorism: Psychiatric Considerations,” presented to annual meeting of the New York State Medical Society, March 12, 1986, to symposium on Medical Aspects of Political Terrorism.
“Terrorist Psycho‑Logic: Terrorist Behavior as a Product of Psychological Forces,” presented to international conference on Psychological Dimensions of Terrorism sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, The Smithsonian Institution, March 16‑18, 1987.
“Terrorism
and the Media”, chaired roundtable, 10th annual ISPP meting,
“Conflict and Cooperation in International Organizations: An Experiential Workshop”, chaired workshop, 10th annual ISPP meeting, July, 1987.
“The Paranoid Political Actor”, presentation to 10th annual meeting, ISPP, July, 1987.
“The Relationship Between Psychoanalysis and Political Science,” roundtable participant at 10th annual ISPP meeting, July 1987.
“The
Psychology of Terrorism: Implications for Anti‑terrorist Policy,”
presentation to special workshop on “The Role of Psychology In National
Security Affairs,” annual meeting of American Psychological Association,
“The Captive
King and His
“Differentiating
Terrorist Psychologies: Basis for a Rational Anti-Terrorist Policy,” presented
to Conference “Academic Research in Terrorism: Relationship to Policy,”
sponsored by the Guggenheim Foundation,
“The Psychology of Political Leaders and their Followers,” Workshop presented to American Group Psychotherapy Assoc., Feb. 1988.
“Personality
and Political Behavior,” full day course presented to annual meeting of
American Psychiatric Assoc.,
“The Mind of
the Terrorist”, paper presented to special symposium on terrorist psychology at
annual APA meeting,
“The Paranoid Political Actor”, presentation to 10th annual meeting, ISPP, July, 1987.
“The Relationship Between Psychoanalysis and Political Science,” roundtable participant at 10th annual ISPP meeting, July 1987.
“The
Psychology of Terrorism: Implications for Anti‑terrorist Policy,”
presentation to special workshop on “The Role of Psychology In National
Security Affairs,” annual meeting of American Psychological Association,
“The Captive
King and His
“Differentiating
Terrorist Psychologies: Basis for a Rational Anti-Terrorist Policy”, presented
to Conference “Academic Research in Terrorism: Relationship to Policy”,
sponsored by the Guggenheim Foundation,
“The Psychology of Political Leaders and their Followers,” Workshop presented to American Group Psychotherapy Assoc., Feb. 1988.
“The Psychology of Religious Fundamentalist Terrorism”, presentation to conference on Middle Eastern Fundamentalism and Terrorism, Brookings Institute, April, 1988.
“Personality
and Political Behavior”, full day course presented to annual meeting of American
Psychiatric Assoc.,
“The Mind of
the Terrorist,” paper presented to special symposium on terrorist psychology at
annual APA meeting,
“The
Psychology of Nuclear Terrorism,” presentation to
“Conflict and
Cooperation in International Organizations: An Experiential Workshop,”
organized and chaired workshop at 11th Annual ISPP meeting,
“When The Throne Room Becomes the Sickroom,” chaired roundtable, 11th annual meeting, ISPP, 1988.
“Policy Implications of International Terrorism,” chaired roundtable, 11th annual meeting, ISPP, 1988.
“Personality and Belief Systems: Bridging the Gap,” chaired symposium and presented paper by same title, (with Rogers, P.) 11th annual meeting, ISPP, 1988.
“Teaching Political Psychology,” roundtable presentation at 11th annual meeting of ISPP, July, 1988.
“Long Range Anti-terrorist Policy”, presentation to symposium: A Review of the Reagan Years Policy Toward Terrorism: Lessons Learned and Future Implications,” November, 1988.
“Terrorism in
“Nationalist/Separatist and Fundamentalist Terrorism,” presentation to symposium on Middle East Terrorism, George Washington Univ., January, 1989.
“The Psychology of High Casualty Terrorism,” presentation to symposium on “High Technology Terrorism”, George Washington U., February, 1989.
“Prospects
for Nuclear Terrorism,” presentation to Japan Atomic Industrial Forum,
“Terrorist
Crisis Management,” presentation to Japanese Ministry of Technology and
Industry,
“Terrorist
Psychology and Anti-terrorist Policy,” presentation to Japanese Foreign
Ministry,
“The
Comparative Psychology of Political Terrorism,” lecture at
“Stigma and
Scapegoating: An Experiential Workshop,” full day workshop to Annual Meeting of
American Psychiatric Assoc.,
“Personality
and Political Behavior,” full day course presented to membership of APA,
“Contributions
of Psychiatry to Research in Terrorism,” paper presented to Harry Frank
Guggenheim Foundation,
“Conflict and Cooperation in International Organizations: An Experiential Workshop,” conflict resolution workshop presented to 12th Annual Meeting, ISPP, Tel Aviv, Israel, July, 1989.
“Effects of Crisis-Induced Stress on Decisionmaking: Implications for the Nuclear Environment,” paper presented to symposium on Crisis Decisionmaking, ISPP Annual Meeting, 1989.
“Personality and Political Behavior,” full day course, APA, 1990.
“Personality and Political Behavior,” full day course, APA, 1991.
“Personality and Political Behavior,” full day course, APA, 1992.
“Personality and Political Behavior,” full day course, APA, 1993.
“Personality and Political Behavior,” full day course, APA, 1994.
“Personality and Political Behavior,” full day course, APA, 1995.
“Personality and Political Behavior,” full day course, APA, 1996
“Personality and Political Behavior,” full day course, APA, 1997.
“Personality and Political Behavior,” full day course, APA, 1998
“Personality and Political Behavior,” full day course, APA, 1999.
“Personality and Political Behavior,” full day course, APA, 2000
“Personality and Political Behavior,” full day course, APA, 2001.
“Personality and Political Behavior,” full day course, APA, 2002
“Personality and Political Behavior,” full day course, APA, 2003.
“Personality and Political Behavior,” full day course, APA, 2004
“Personality and Political Behavior,” full day course, APA, 2005.
“Ethnic Conflict and the Need for Enemies,” paper presented to annual APA meeting, 1994.
“Effects of
Psychiatric Impairments on Presidential Leadership,” Presented to National
Working Group on Presidential Impairment and the 25th Amendment, The
“Right Wing Extremism,” organized and chaired symposium, APA meeting, 1995.
“The Search for Enemies in
“The Psychopolitics of Hatred,” Summer, 1995, the Holocaust Museum, Washington, D.C. symposium at annual 1995 ISPP meeting.
“Personality and Political Behavior,” full day course, APA, May, 1996.
“Political Paranoia and the Psychopolitics of Hatred,” Plenary address to Society for Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society, Fall, 1996.
“The Roots of
Paranoia,”
“The Mind of
the Hacker,” presented to national confernce on Information Warfare,
“Malignant
Leaders and Vulnerable Followers” American Group Psychotherapy Assoc., Feb.,
1997,
“The
Psychology of the Disruptive Aviation Passenger,” presented to International
Conference on the Disruptive Aviation Passenger, The Air Lines Pilot
Association,
“Torture, Terrorism, and Political Violence,” Organized and chaired symposium, annual meeting Amer. Psych. Assoc, May, 1997.
“Portrait of An Abu Nidal Terrorist,” American Psychiatric Assoc., May, 1997.
“The Roots of Paranoia,” Amer. Psychiatric Assoc., May, 1997.
“Psychiatrist and Genocide,” (with Dekleva, K.) annual APA meeting, May, 1997.
“Impunity and
Victims of Torture” Organized and chaired symposium, annual meeting, ISPP,
“Moral Development and the Readiness to ‘Groupthink’” Annual meeting, ISPP, 1997.
“Biological
Terrorism: Psychological Incentives and Constraints,” presented to conference
on “Biological Terrorism,” The Potomac Foundation,
Chaired roundtable, “Personality and Foreign Policy Decision Making,” annual meeting, Amer. Political Science Assoc., Washington, August, 1997.
“Paranoia in the Cinema,” (with Robins, R.) paper presented to annual meeting, APSA, August, 1997.
“The Self and Others: The Politics of Genocide and Violence,” roundtable, annual APSA meeting, August, 1997.
“From Car Bombs to Logic Bombs: Weapons of Mass Destruction, Weapons of mass Disruption” Presentation to Cyberspace Policy Institute, January, 1998.
“The Need for Enemies and Difficulties Emerging From Conflict” Plenary address, United Nations conference on Emerging From Conflict, San Salvador, Del Salvador, April, 1998.
“Group and Organizational Dynamics of Terrorist Behavior: Implications for Protected Persons,” Plenary Address, National Conference on Social Psychology of Terrorism sponsored by U.S. Secret Service, May, 1998.
“Effects of
Age on Creativity and Destructiveness in Political Leaders,” Plenary address, American Society of
Psychoanalytic Physicians,
“The Changing
Face of International terrorism: Weapons of Mass Destruction, Weapons of Mass
Disruption,” Presentation to the International Emergency Management Society,
May, 1998,
“Personality
and Political Behavior,” full day course, APA,
“The Group Psychology of Political Leaders and their Followers, workshop, American Group Psychotherapy Association, February, 1999, Houston.
“The Psychological Foundations of Group Hatred”, AGPA, Houston, February, 1999.
“Personality
and Political Behavior”, full day course, APA,
“Political
Paranoia and the Psychopolitics of Hatred,” Am. Assoc. of Psychoanalytic
Physicians Annual Meeting,
“Slobodan
Milosevic: A Political Psychology Profile” APA Annual Meeting,
“The
Psychology of Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism,” International Society of
Political Psychology Annual
meeting,
“The
Psychopolitics of Illness in High Office”
“The Psychology of Terrorism: Implications for Biological Terrorism,” briefing of Defense Science Board, biotechnology subcommittee, April 2000.
“The Psychology of Terrorism: Implications for Domestic Threats,” briefing of Defense Science Board, defense of the homeland subcommittee, April; 2000.
“Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism: Differentiating the Threat,” presentation to Carnegie Endowment Annual Conference on Non-Proliferation, April, 2000.
“The Psychology of Chem/Bio Terrorism: Incentives and Constraints,” the Brookings Institute, April, 2000.
“Deterring
Terrorism,” presentation to Oklahoma City Memorial Institute for
Counter-Terrorism International
Counter-terrorism Inaugural Counter-Terrorism Conference on the occasion of the dedication of the Oklahoma
City Memorial, April, 2000.
“The Psychology of Terrorism: Implication for
Profiling Terrorists,” presentation to Oklahoma City Memorial Institute for
Counter-Terrorism Inaugural Counter-Terrorism conference, April, 2000.
“Personality and Political Behavior,” full day course, APA, 2000.
“Personality and Political Behavior,” full day course, APA, 2001
“Served as
expert witness in trial of one of al
Qaeda terrorists responsible for bombing of
“ Killing in the Name of God: Osama bin Laden
and Radical Islam,” Plenary Address to
American Association for Forensic Psychiatry annual meeting,
“ Killing in the Name of God: Osama bin Laden
and Radical Islam,” Plenary Address to
Group for the advancement of Psychiatry,
“Personality and Political Behavior,” full day
course,
“Personality
and Political Behavior,” full day course,
“The
Psychology of Nuclear Terrorism” special post-9/11 session of UN International
Atomic Energy Agency in
Presented address to
“Killing in the Name of God: Osama bin Laden and
Radical Islam,”
“Killing
in Name of God: Radical Islam and Osama bin Laden.” Plenary addresses to the
2002
“Killing in the Name of God” plenary address
to American
“Killing in the Name of God: Osama bin Laden
and Radical Islam, ”
“Terrorist Psychology and Motivations, with special emphasis on radical
Islamic Terrorism.” Presented material to United
Nations Counter-terrorism Committee, February, 2002.
“The
Mind of the Terrorist,” major (3 hour)
presentation to American Psychoanalytic Association,
“Personality and Political
Behavior,” full day course, APA, 2002
The
Psychology of Terrorism and Suicidal Terrorism,” plenary address to American Association
of Chairs of Departments of
Psychiatry, May,2002,
“Killing in the Name
of God: Radical Islam and Osama bin Laden.” Special Forum presentation to American Psychiatric Association
(audience of 500), May, 2002,
“Terrorists in their
Own Words,” report of research
interviewing 35 incarcerated Middle Eastern terrorists to Symposium on “Healing the
Wounds of National Trauma” J.M.Post,
chair
Grand round
presentations to Departments of Psychiatry on The Mind of the Terrorist
and Killling in the
Name of God, Univ. of California San
Francisco, Shepherd Pratt Hospital,
St. Elizabeths Hopsital, George Washington University Hospital, , Albert
Einstein College of Medicine
“The True Believer
and Radical Fundamentalist terrorism,”
course presentation to law enforcement officials at FBI academy,
“Killing in the Name of God.” Presentation to
the
“Killing in Name of God: Radical Islam and Osama bin Laden.” Presentation to the American Association of Chairs of Departments of Psychiatry. May 2002
“The Psychology of Terrorism.” Presentation to the American Psychoanalytic Association, May 2002
“Killing in the Name of God.” Special forum for the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, May 2002
“Robert Mugabe: From Father of his Country to Destroyer of the Nation.” Presented to International Society of Political Psychology, July 2002 (with L. Denny)
“The Terrorists in Their Own Words.” Presented to International Society of Political Psychology, July 2002 (with L. Denny)
“Killing in Name of God: Radical Islam and Osama bin Laden.” Presented to International Society of Political Psychology, July 2002
“New Directions in Terrorism: Implications for Counter Terrorism.” Presented to International
Society of Political Psychology, July 2002
“Psychological Operations: Key Weapon in the War Against Terrorism” Presented to
Conference,
“Counter-terrorism in Democratic Societies,
2003
“The Psychology of Terrorism” Key-note address, Europol Conference on Counter-terrorism,
“The Group Psychology of Political terrorism”-Invited Address to American Group
Psychotherapy Association,
“When Hatred is Bred in the Bone” Presentation to Experts Conference on Roots of Terrorism,
“The Mind of the Terrorist: Individual, Group and Organizational Psychology of Terrorism”,
Presentation to Sandia National Laboratories, August 2003
“Managing Risk in a Distributed Environment: The Culture of Risk, Diminished Loyalty, and the
Dangerous Insider” to Department of Defense Conference: “Managing Risks in a Networked Environment”, November 2003
““When Hatred is
Bred in the Bone: Socio-Cultural Foundations of Contemporary Terrorism,”
presented as Nevitt Sanford Award lecture to ISPP annual meeting, July
2003
2004
“Political
Paranoia: The Psychopolitics of Hatred”,
St,
2004
“When Illness Strikes the Leader” and “The
Mind of the Terrorist.” Featured speaker
Regional
Conference,
“Inside the Mind of
the Terrorist” Plenary address to the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society,
April 2004
“Inside the Mind of
the Terrorist” Presentation to the American Society of Psychoanalytic
Physicians,
“Terrorism and
Political Violence: Contemporary
Perspectives” Symposium chaired and
organized for the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Society,
“Inside the Mind of
the Terrorist” Presentation delivered at the
“Leaders and their
Followers in a Dangerous World” One hour program at Politics and Prose,
televised by C_SPAN and aired
three times nationally, July 2004
“When Hatred is Bred
in the Bone: The Psychology of Contemporary Terrorism” The World Affairs
Council and
“The Psychology of
Terrorism” International Affairs Association,
2005
“The Psychological
Roots of Terrorism” Presentation to the
“Tyranny on
Trial: Political Personality Profiles
and Conduct at Trial of Slobodan Milosevic
and Saddam Hussein”, presented to International Conference on the Trails
of the Century,
“Know Thy Enemy:
Inside the Mind of Kim Jong-Il”
Presented to conference “Countering
Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Pacific”, Pacific Command,
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
· American Psychiatric Association (Distinguished Life Fellow)
· International Society of Political Psychology (Founding Member)
· American Political Science Association
· The Association for Politics and the Life Sciences
· American Group Psychotherapy Association
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Washington Academy of Medicine (elected 1998)
·
The Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry
(GAP) (elected 2000)
§ Committee on Psychiatry and the Workplace 1999 -2002
§ Committee on Disasters and Terrorism 2003 -
·
Terrorism “Knowfest” Association of government
and academic experts on International Terrorism under leadership of Sandia
National Laboratories, 2002 -