The Relocation of the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem

An Analysis from Ideational Liberalism and Defensive Structural Realism

Bachelor Thesis , 2021 , 54 Pages , Grade: 1,0

Politics - Region: Near East, Near Orient

The relocation of the United States Embassy in 2017 from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem came as a surprise to many. Previous administrations had decided to waive the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995, that demanded the US embassy be moved to Jerusalem. In thesis two separate hypothesis will be analyzed from two respective theoretical perspectives: Ideational liberalism and defensive structural realism. Domestic ideational preferences and their transmission through legitimate actors, as well as threats to US interests in the region will be examined for their potential to cause a deviation from the antecedent policy.
This thesis concludes, that domestic policy preferences in fact caused the Trump- administration to shift away from this established precedent, proving the ideational liberalism hypothesis correct.

Inhalt

1. INTRODUCTION

2. THEORETICAL APPROACH I: LIBERALISM
2.1 Ideational liberalism
2.2 Operationalization and Hypothesis - Ideational Liberalism

3. THEORETICAL APPROACH II: STRUCTURAL REALISM
3.1 Defensive Structural Realism
3.2 Operationalization and Hypothesis - Structural Realism

4. EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS I - IDEATIONAL LIBERALISM
4.1 United States Department of State
4.2 United States Department of Defense
4.3 United States Senate - Committee on Foreign Relations
4.4 United States House of Representatives - Committee on Foreign Affairs
4.5 Organizations and Lobby Groups

5. EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS II - STRUCTURAL REALISM
5.1 Iran
5.2 Palestine
5.3 Saudi-Arabia

6. CONCLUSION

7. REFERENCES

• College: University of Bamberg
• Grade: 1,0
• Publication Year: 2021
• Pages: 54
• Catalog Number: V1066578
• ISBN (eBook): 9783346477118
• ISBN (Book): 9783346477125
• Language: English
• Tags: relocation, embassy, tel-aviv, jerusalem, analysis, ideational, liberalism, defensive, structural, realism