Politics of Thrones
Game of Thrones is huge in every way. Why\xa0does this medieval\xa0fantasy with knights and castles\xa0speak to our time? Politics. There are a surprising\xa0number of international relations experts that see parallels\xa0between the\xa0the jockeying for power\xa0in Westeros and our post-Cold War landscape. I talk with\xa0Dan Drezner from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy\xa0and Tim Westmyer from The Rising Powers Initiative\xa0about how Daenerys Targaryen wields\xa0her trio of dragons like a\xa0nuclear triad, and why King Joffrey was like Kim Jong Un.\xa0Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices