Playing Pin the War on the Lobby
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13058443 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ned Lazarus (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2006-05-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Forum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2194-6183 • E-ISSN: 1540-8884 |
| Publisher | De Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.2202/1540-8884.1115 |
| OpenAlex | W2141621245 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
International Relations (IR) Realists John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt have entered the realm of identity politics. Their maiden voyage inside the black box of the state, a recent paper entitled The Israel Lobby, is likely their most famous but least credible work. In apportioning blame for the US invasion of Iraq, they dismiss any influence of energy dependence or geopolitical interests, while attributing causal responsibility to an expansively defined Israel Lobby, claims as specious as they are ethnically charged. Where their critique of US and Israeli policies is right, it suggests that key parts of their theories of international politics are wrong. In ivory tower IR, The Israel Lobby represents a theoretical transgression on the part of orthodox Realists. In real-world politics, Mearsheimer and Walt s essay presents d/Democratic opponents of the US invasion of Iraq and the Israeli occupation of the West Bank with the opportunity to distinguish principled protest from scapegoating
Blame · Foreign policy · Geopolitics · Identity politics · International relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2011 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |