Some NGOs are temporary organizations responding to an immediate need or concern. The Role of the Clergy in Foreign Policy Clergy express both the humanitarian and spiritual concerns of their nations and their congregations, transferring resources to needy and deserving nations and peoples, and promoting specific religious ideals and values around the world. Clergy, and the religious organizations which support them, act much like other non-governmental independent organizations, but with an added twist. The clergy couple their humanitarianism with a spiritual and moral mission. The Role of the Traveling Public in Foreign Policy National citizens living and traveling abroad each play a role in shaping foreign policy.
Travelers serve as alternative information sources to official government sources and the media.
Travelers also spend money, promote causes, and encourage inter-cultural understanding as they move throughout the globe. The Role of Individual Citizens in Foreign Policy Finally, the mass public shapes and implements foreign policy indirectly through its influence on government leaders, non-governmental organizations, businesses and religious organizations, and the media. Governments also restrict the activities of businesses, banks, the media, clerics and NGOs. Citizens enter politics in foreign nations, hold administrative and legislative posts in foreign nations, join foreign military organizations, operate businesses and industries in foreign nations, and provide active support to anti-government dissident and rebel forces. Businesses, banks, the media, clerics and NGOs are also free to pursue their foreign policy objectives free of limit or harassment by government.