Popular Culture

Game of Thrones and State Behavior

W. Alejandro Sanchez • Jan 28 2013 • Articles

The Game of Thrones TV show and novels have become appealing to scholars as they touch on theoretical concepts and issues central to IR, and feature parallels to real-world events.

The ‘Cultural Turn’ in International Relations: Making Sense of World Politics

ES Van Veeren • May 10 2009 • Articles

What do the Miss Universe competition, Sesame Street’s Elmo, and Fox’s television show 24 have in common? Aside from being phenomenally successful American cultural products, they can also offer us insight into the workings of world politics, in this case through their connections to the US military detention facilities at Joint Task Force Guantánamo.

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