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Since @ringer (correctly) identified "INDEPENDENCE DAY" ( #ID4) as the "ultimate, all-encompassing Sci-Fi film", here is my (rebooted) list of why it is the perfect movie....for illustrating International Relations concepts https://www.theringer.com/movies/2020/7/2/21308825/independence-day-science-fiction-movies-jurassic-park-star-trek
Whether watching the movie (directed by @rolandemmerich) or reading the script (by @rolandemmerich & @Dean_Devlin), #ID4 demonstrates concepts such as...
http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/id4.html
http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/id4.html
...Offensive-Defensive Balance...
...Audience Costs...
...Drawbacks of Complex Interdependence...
...Difficulty of avoiding the Security Dilemma...
...The Nuclear Taboo (w/ all due respect to "Dr Strangelove")...
...Perception and Misperception...
...Cyber's ability to alter the offense-defense balance (though @drbvaler might disagree)...
...Foreign Policy decision making...
...Covert Operations and Handling of classified information...
...principle-agent problems in civ-mil relations (h/t @smsaideman)...
...Offensive Realism...
...Military Coalition Formation and War Planning...
...US-Russian Relations...
...And showing that Wendt was right: the World can unite!
Of course, the President's speech scene could be critiqued as "Post-Cold War idealism" (see "End of History") & praise for US hegemony (h/t @mzmargulies & @CaseyDelehanty)
That passage comes from Cynthia Weber's Critical IR Theory textbook https://www.google.com/books/edition/International_Relations_Theory/vzsVAgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
So thank you (again) @Dean_Devlin & @rolandemmerich for a great resource to IR instructors (& given the number of IR courses that will be remote this fall, having movie content is even MORE valuable)!
International Relations instructors everywhere salute you!
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International Relations instructors everywhere salute you!
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