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Regional & Country Psychosocial Profile - The (violent) Psychosocial Conditions of Life in Colombia

Iranian Regime's Psychopathology of Control via the Intentional Inducement of Trauma Our research over the past 10+ years into the Iranian regime illustrated that it is obsessed with the psychosocial control over its own population and over the populations of its surrounding Arab neighbours. Regardless of the directions of Iranian elections in any given electoral cycle, the deciding issue is always the dogma that “ Human beings are inherently sinful and must be carefully gu

In the contemporary landscape of scientific inquiry, the role of dedicated institutions in advancing knowledge cannot be overstated. The Valka Mir Foundation exemplifies such an institution, committed to fostering a comprehensive understanding of complex psychosocial scientific phenomena of intractable violence. Through a meticulous and interdisciplinary approach, the foundation seeks to bridge the gap between advanced research and public comprehension. This article aims to e

By the time that a society realises that it is the target of cognitive warfare, that psychological actions and messaging has long been in place, quietly working to undermine the foundations of that society.

by Dr. Aleks Nesic & Arnel P. David This article was initially published in Small Wars Journal and was taken from research completed for the 2019 Special Operations Research Association (SORA) Symposium in Monterey, California. The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. -- Alvin Toffler Woven through contemporary debate are threads of different schools of thought that cross but lack a c

Woven through contemporary debate are threads of different schools of thought that cross but lack a central thread which closes the seam. One school of thought sees a return of great power competition and argues for an emphasis on lethality and warfighting competency. Another sees a change in the character of conflict and competition where adversaries pursue their ends in the space between peace and war. Above all, and critical to stitching multiple paradigms together, is the

Extremist ideologies; their organizing theories and propagation against individual/group predisposition to violent extremism by Patrick James Christian, PhD If we use human violent traumatic medical conditions as an allegory to violent traumatic social conditions, I propose that we can illustrate the relationship of extremist ideologies and violent extremism by examining the relationship between the human body’s immune system and viral/bacteriological disease. FIRST EXAMPL

by Patrick James Christian, PhD Applied warfare, like all other forms of human social endeavor, was once the preserve of governments and kings who monopolized domestic violence through demonstrated capacity to achieve genocidal response to armed minority protest. For significant and very complex reasons, the capacity or even the threat of genocide is no longer an available method for controlling populations that are unwilling to voluntarily submit. Even as global integratio