Contributorsresearch interests focus on power and power motivation, the motiva-
tional bases of leadership, and the psychological aspects of conflict
escalation and war. He is past president of the International Society
of Political Psychology.
MICHAEL D. YOUNG is the president of Social Science Automation,
Inc., a consulting firm providing remote leader assessment and auto-
mated text coding tools to government agencies, commercial busi-
nesses, and university researchers. He earned his Ph.D. in political
science from the Ohio State University and is particularly interested
in cognitive approaches to foreign policy analysis.