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How important are leaders’ personal appeals in influencing what another state does? Since late last year President Trump has been pushing Israel’s President Isaac Herzog to pardon the country’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial for corruption. Roni Berkowitz, Gadi Heimann, Zohar Kampf write that Trump’s call for Netanyahu’s pardon is a personal … Continued The post How Donald Trump has tried to make diplomacy personal first appeared on LSE United States Politics and Policy.