MOHAMMED E. AHRARI is Associate Professor of Political Science and Senior Research Fellow for the Center of International Security and Strategic Studies at Mississippi State University.

• TablesIntroduction by Mohammed E. AhrariDomestic Context of U.S. Foreign Policy Toward the Middle East by Mohammed E. AhrariEthnic Politics and the Formulation of U.S. Policy Toward the Arab-Israeli Dispute by Steven L. SpiegelEthnic Group Influence on Middle East Policy--How and When: The Cases of the Jackson-Vanik Amendment and the Sale of AWACS to Saudi Arabia by Mitchell BardAfrican-American Influence on U.S. Foreign Policy Toward South Africa by Ronald W. WaltersThe Polish American Congress, East-West Issues, and the Formulation of American Foreign Policy by Z.A. KruszewskiU.S. Foreign Policy and the Mexican-American Political Agenda by Rodolof O. de la GrazaFrom Little Havana to Washington, D.C.: Cuban Americans and U.S. Foreign Policy by Damain FernandezIrish-Americans in the American Foreign-Policy-Making Process by Robert J. Thompson and Joseph R. Rudolph, Jr.Conclusions by Mohammed E. AhrariAppendixBibliographyIndexAbout the Editor and Contributors