September 21, 2007

Mearsheimer and Walt Redux

John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt have a talent for provocation. Since March of last year, when the political scientist and international-relations specialist published a controversial essay in the London Review of Books, "The Israel Lobby," they have been at the center of a fierce debate about the role Israel and its supporters play in shaping American policy in the Middle East. In their essay, Mearsheimer and Walt, professors at the University of Chicago and Harvard University

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