== Diasporalobbyisme ==
[[Diaspora]]lobbyisme er ikke et ukendt fænomen. I USA er der tradition for forskellige diasporaer typisk søger at øge indflydelse på politik, der har at gøre med deres hjemstater. Derfor skaber de typisk lobbygrupper (se nedenfor)<ref>Barth, Aharon, Shain, Yossi (2003). "Diasporas and International Relations Theory", ''International Organization'', vol. 57, pp. 449-479</ref>. Walt nævner<ref>"We define diaspora as a poeple with a common origin who reside, more or less on a permanent basis, outside the borders of their ethnic or religious homeland – whether that homeland is real or symbolic, independent or under feoreign control. Diaspora members identify themselves, or are identified by others – inside or outside their homeland – as part of the homeland's national community, and as such are often called upon to participate, or are entangled, in homeland affairs."</ref> i den forbindelse en række diasporaer så som den jødiske lobby eller American Jewish Committee, den armenske lobby eller Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) som værende meget magtfulde<ref>Walt, Stephen M. (2005). ''Taming American Power. The Global repsonse to U.S. supremacy'', Norton</ref>. Sidstnævnte har længe arbejdet for en anerkendelse af det armenske folkedrab, og det lykkedes da også næsten i 2007, men faldt efter pres fra [[Det Hvide Hus]]<ref>Butler, Desmond (2010). "[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40731876/ns/world_news-europe/ U.S may vote on Armenian genocide measure]", MSNBC, 18. december, 2010</ref>.
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