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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/girr.2021(IV-IV).01 10.31703/girr.2021(IV-IV).01 Published : Dec 2021Game of Thrones and International Politics in Realism Perspective
Since the Second World War realism paradigm has been most prominent and successful in the discipline of international relations. Realist theory interprets the role of the state in world politics in which the state's national interest is the primary variable. To attain the state's national interest power (in military and economic terms) is a very essential tool. The element of power has shaped the anarchic political system. HBO's Season' Game of Throne' is most compatible with the approaches of the international political system, especially to understand the realist paradigm. In this season different power centers were playing the game of power politics. Iron Throne had a hegemonic status and was considered as a supreme power in the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, which created the anarchy. Competing for the power, losing the power, and attaining the power was creating the an archical situation in the whole season in which different actors and kingdoms made their strategies and joined uneven alliances. So Game of Throne is providing a better way to comprehend the international anarchy and political realism.
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Idealism, Realism, Power, Politics, Anarchy, Neo-Realism
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(1) Ahsan Riaz
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
(2) Muqarrab Akbar
Professor, Department of Political Science, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Rafidah Nawaz
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Riaz, A., Akbar, M., & Nawaz, R. (2021). Game of Thrones and International Politics in Realism Perspective. Global International Relations Review, IV(IV), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.31703/girr.2021(IV-IV).01
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TURABIAN : Riaz, Ahsan, Muqarrab Akbar, and Rafidah Nawaz. "Game of Thrones and International Politics in Realism Perspective." Global International Relations Review IV, no. IV (2021): 1-8. https://doi.org/10.31703/girr.2021(IV-IV).01