Interview with Mearsheimer and Walt
BBC World Service (audio)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice /programmes/the_interview.shtml
John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt are two American professors who joined forces to tackle a topic they knew would provoke a fierce backlash. Their subject -- the influence and power of the Israel lobby in the United States. Their claim -- that Israel lobbyists have managed to influence dramatically the course of US foreign policy decisions, even steering it against America's interests. This week on the Interview the professors outline their case to Owen Bennett-Jones and tell him how they've handled the backlash.
BBC World Service (audio)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice /programmes/the_interview.shtml
John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt are two American professors who joined forces to tackle a topic they knew would provoke a fierce backlash. Their subject -- the influence and power of the Israel lobby in the United States. Their claim -- that Israel lobbyists have managed to influence dramatically the course of US foreign policy decisions, even steering it against America's interests. This week on the Interview the professors outline their case to Owen Bennett-Jones and tell him how they've handled the backlash.
