Diaspora War-Makers 

Diaspora War-Makers 

How does a small community of exiles come to reshape the foreign policy of a superpower? Focusing on the Iraqi opposition to Saddam Hussein, this talk traces how Iraqi exiles lobbied and mobilized American political figures in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Drawing on previously unseen archival materials and interviews with key figures in American Middle East policy, Alshaibi shows how a once-marginal idea—regime change—became central to U.S. foreign policy, bringing into focus the intersections of diaspora activism, elite networks, and American imperial power.

Speaker
Wisam Alshaibi, Assistant Professor of Social Research and Public Policy, NYUAD

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