ite who generally controls policy planning groups also control decisions made by Congressmen who in turn decide what policies are implemented and which are not and since the power elite is composed of corporate leaders and the upper-class who want to protect their economic interests more than anything else, implemented international policies are therefore economically driven.
             A major example showing that exploitation is not an inherent part of human nature and that international relations and imperialistic policies are in fact driven by economic gains, mentioned by Kloby, Klare and Rashid, is the conflict in the Middle East. Alliances and enemies are made based upon the desire of each country to have control over a valuable resource such as oil because hav
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