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Foreign Affairs, the National Interest, and Secular-Religious Identities in Israel
HAMANAKA, Shingo, Ph.D.
Yamagata University, Japan
RC43.224: Religion, International Relations, and Foreign Policy
1. Introduction2. Data & Methods3. Analysis4. Discussion
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Introduction: Foreign Affairs and People
• Are ordinary citizens able to consider the national interest to evaluate foreign policies?
• Most realists are elitists, but some constructivists seriously treat with the national interest and people’s identity.
1. Introduction2. Data & Methods3. Analysis4. Discussion
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Introduction: Why Israel?
• Majority research has been conducted in the United States.
• Israelis are more serious in considering the risk of foreign policy options.
1. Introduction2. Data & Methods3. Analysis4. Discussion
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Introduction: Theory
• Kant: Republican Perpetual Peace
1. Introduction2. Data & Methods3. Analysis4. Discussion
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Introduction: Theory
• Zionism: Foundation of the State• to escape the domination of the gentile
• Middle East war-proneness(Miller 2008)• the state-to-nation imbalance• a lack of congruence between the states and
national identifications
1. Introduction2. Data & Methods3. Analysis4. Discussion
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Hypothesis
• Secular-religious identities, or the religiosity of Judaism, will significantly predict attitudes toward future options and past achievements in Israeli foreign and security affairs as well as various territorial compromises from the viewpoint of the national interest.
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Data and Measurement
• Original Survey conducted phone interviews in fall 2011
• n=680; Jewish citizens
• Evaluations of peace policies
1. Introduction2. Data & Methods3. Analysis4. Discussion
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Data and Measurement
• Evaluations of War policies
• Changing Regional Environment
• Future Crisis and Unresolved Issues
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1. Introduction2. Data & Methods3. Analysis4. Discussion
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Religiosity: secular-religious divide1. Introduction2. Data & Methods3. Analysis4. Discussion
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Empirical Strategy- Propensity Score Matching-1. Introduction
2. Data & Methods3. Analysis4. Discussion Evaluation of policies
(Outcome)
Religiosity(treatment)
Covariates
Party IdentificationEthnicity
EducationExpenditure
Sex
confounding
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Empirical Strategy- Standard Technic: Logit Model-
• countless combinations of interaction terms
• dimensional curse
1. Introduction2. Data & Methods3. Analysis4. Discussion Evaluation of policies
(dependent variable)
Religiosity(independent
variable)
(Control)
Party IdentificationEthnicity
EducationExpenditure
Sex
PI × EthnicityPI × Ethnicity × EducationPI × Education PI × Education × ExpenditureEducation × ExpenditureSex × Education × Expenditure ………………………………
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Empirical Strategy- Propensity Score Matching-
Evaluation of policies(Outcome)
Religiosity(treatment)
Propensity Score
Covariates
Party IdentificationEthnicity
EducationExpenditure
Sex
1. Introduction2. Data & Methods3. Analysis4. Discussion
• PS is estimated probability by probit analysis.
• PSM produces similar demographic two groups without religiosity.
Average Treatment Effect (ATE)
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1. Introduction2. Data & Methods3. Analysis4. Discussion
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1. Introduction2. Data & Methods3. Analysis4. Discussion
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Result
• The secular-religious divide is a significant factor only in public opinion on war operations or territorial compromises.
• The PSM method reduces the bias in the impact of Jewish religiosity.
1. Introduction2. Data & Methods3. Analysis4. Discussion
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Discussion
• The national interest is not defined in the strategic calculation but is determined by a collective national identity.
• Religion is an influential source of collective identity; it often promotes intractable conflicts over territory.
1. Introduction2. Data & Methods3. Analysis4. Discussion
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Thank you