Partial index of psychological studies of U.S. presidents and presidential candidates, foreign leaders, and leading terrorist figures conducted at the Unit for the Study of Personality in Politics.
Summary: The Unit for the Study of Personality in Politics (USPP) ‘Media Tipsheet’ offers political reporters looking for a fresh story angle a sometimes unique, often unconventional perspective on politics.
Summary: Psychological assessment of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, leadership style implications of Kim’s personality profile, and North Korea threat assessment with respect to U.S. national security.
Profile Hints at Putin Mindset Russian president’s ambitious nature means he’ll never let West get ahead of him By Joe Trenzeluk St. Cloud Times August...
The amalgam of aggressive, narcissistic, and compulsive features in Vladimir Putin’s psychological profile suggests the presence of the “expansionist hostile enforcer” personality syndrome.
Psychological profile of Vladimir Putin: Dominant/controlling (aggressive), Ambitious/self-serving (narcissistic), and Conscientious/dutiful, with secondary Retiring/reserved (introverted) and Dauntless/adventurous (risk-taking) tendencies and lesser Distrusting/suspicious features.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s primary personality patterns are Distrusting/suspicious (paranoid) and Ambitious/exploitative (narcissistic), with secondary Dominant/controlling (sadistic) and Dauntless/dissenting (antisocial) patterns. The amalgam of paranoid and narcissistic patterns in the profile suggests the presence of the “fanatical paranoid” syndrome.
Summary: The Unit for the Study of Personality in Politics (USPP) ‘Media Tipsheet’ offers political reporters looking for a fresh story angle a sometimes unique, often unconventional perspective on politics.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Feb. 20, 2009) — Sarah Moore and Angela Rodgers, students at the College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minn., presented their research...
Obama Plan: Destroy Romney (Ben Smith and Jonathan Martin, Politico, Aug. 9, 2011) — Barack Obama’s aides and advisers are preparing to center the president’s reelection campaign on...
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