POLITSC 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Authoritarianism, Campus Watch, Committee For Accuracy In Middle East Reporting In America
9 Oct 2016
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Grouping of individuals or organizations with common interest who work to promote that interest through government. How can they shape foreign policy: back a politician, provide information, surveys, polls, research, leveraging public opinion, working with government, humanitarian aid. Normative implications: seen as bad typically, have a scary amount of power, inherently imbalanced. Controversial article by scholars steven walt ad john mearsheimer. First published in the london review of books in 2006. 2 main: us middle east policy has been increasingly dominated by support for israel, in ways in-consistent to us foreign policy interests, says its due to israel lobby. Military: has access to planes, helicopters, funding, weapons, has different rules on nuclear weapons, access to intelligence, provide rescue in wartime (1973, factor in bush strategy to remake middle east. Economic: get more foreign aid than anyone in the world, plus fewest strings attached. Don"t have to show where they"re spending the money.
