POMED Notes: The Influence of Domestic Politics on U.S. Policy

Yesterday the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars hosted a panel discussion entitled, “McCain, Obama, ahd the Middle East: The Influence of Domestic Politics on U.S. Policy.” Participants included Graeme Bannerman, Adjunct Scholar at the Middle East Institute; Hussein Ibish, Executive Director of the Hala Salaam Maksoud Foundation for Arab-American Leadership and Senior Fellow at the American Task Force on Palestine; Richard Strauss, editor of the Middle East Policy Survey; moderated by Aaron David Miller, Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center.

Panelists agreed that domestic lobbies certainly do influence policy in Washington, but cannot override the will of a determined president.

For POMED’s notes on this event, click here.