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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">https://www.theringer.com/movies/20...
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">https://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/i...
http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/id4.html">https://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/i...
...Offensive-Defensive Balance... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56VWPGz10EY">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
...Audience Costs...
...Drawbacks of Complex Interdependence... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97kezKttKaE">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
...Difficulty of avoiding the Security Dilemma...
...The Nuclear Taboo (w/ all due respect to "Dr Strangelove")... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvQt-4YyeuU">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
...Perception and Misperception...
...Cyber& #39;s ability to alter the offense-defense balance (though @drbvaler might disagree)... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2PZ_3NWplc">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
...Foreign Policy decision making...
...Covert Operations and Handling of classified information... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F69dzy__Ao8">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
...principle-agent problems in civ-mil relations (h/t @smsaideman)... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZk9abWlK5c">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
...Offensive Realism... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlawibQ_QKI">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
...Military Coalition Formation and War Planning... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO-sgddX8DY">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
...US-Russian Relations...
...And showing that Wendt was right: the World can unite! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t1IK_9apWs">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Of course, the President& #39;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& #39;s Critical IR Theory textbook https://www.google.com/books/edition/International_Relations_Theory/vzsVAgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0">https://www.google.com/books/edi...
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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