International Conflict and Propaganda: Pakistan and Indian Lobbying Efforts in the US

Abstract

The thesis explores the politics of lobbying and propaganda by using a comparative case study of Pakistan and Indian efforts to influence US policy. The thesis looks at the conceptual grounding of lobbying and propaganda, both distinctively and complimentarily. The thesis is qualitative in approach and uses case study method informed by elite individuals to deliver its argument. The thesis argues that because Pakistan has always found itself strategically converging within US at various temporal intervals, its lobbying efforts have not developed fully. On the other hand, because Indians have always had to rely on lobbying efforts to further their propaganda against Pakistan, they have remained more successful in their efforts. The thesis looks at various contributions that have contributed to the argument presented above. Considering the marginal research and the scant attention paid to propaganda and lobbying as tools of foreign policy, this research aims to bring to light the significance of these tools.