Conflict Within American Civil Society And The Jcpoa

in countering better-funded opponents emerged in the context of this convergence of dissimilar interests. Synthesis: Conflict within American Civil Society and the JCPOA The above potently demonstrates the degree to which civil societal mobilization can serve to privilege diplomacy over war in the context of even the most long-running and intransigent instances of conflict. Indeed, and in examining the civil societal contributions to the JCPOA discussed above, it is first critical to recognize that pro-JCPOA forces, at both the grassroots and grasstops levels, succeeded in defeating one of the most powerful lobbies in American politics in the form of AIPAC. Given this reality, the triumph of diplomacy over war that was embodied by the JCPOA, at a time when a propitious moment for negotiations with Iran had been reached due to changes in both the Iranian and American diplomatic landscapes, is one in which civil societal mobilization played a very significant role. Tangibly then, the success of the deal demonstrates the degree to which ordinary citizens can influence the highest levels of diplomacy when optimally organized and supported. Indeed, and in this context, one of the most interesting elements of this civil societal mobilization, considering the degree to which grasstops and grassroots interaction was critical to it, was the manner by which a relationship between civil society, traditional interest groups and supportive members of the Congress was developed through