The Lobby
U.S. Foreign Policy and an Interest Group


Influence?
•Foreign aid
•$3 billion to Israel
•Democracy promotion
•Support of Iraq war
•Anti-Iranian nuclear deal
•Peace process
•inflamed Arab and Islamic opinion
•jeopardized U.S. security

Balance?
•Debate within academia
•observe employment and prior published work
•Arguments supported by ideological preference
•neoClassical realism
•Zakaria (1998: 42) “principal actors and their perceptions are crucial.”

Real-time
•Paper from 2006.
•Book published in 2007.
•Sources from early 2000s or prior
•Discussion on regional events since 2011

A real lobby?
•Is argument sustainable when compared