political coomunication

Israel, ISIS and the Iran nuclear deal. The comeback of the middle east in the 2016 american presidential campaign

This chapter investigates the relevance of the Middle East issue in the 2016 American presidential campaign. After describing the early campaign’s international context and the past and current public opinion’s perception on foreign policy, the article analyzes the primary candidates’ proposal on Middle East and other linked topics. The whole presidential primary campaign on both sides was full of references to the Middle East, often linked to other adjacent topics such as immigration and terrorism.

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