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There are lot of films which portray events that had a lasting impact on international relations. While you are at home and possibly watching a lot of movies and TV series here is a list which you could watch to get some context to the important events in the 20th and 21st Century which have left an impact on IR.  The list below is from an elective that I teach every alternate year at JSIA. In that elective, I start with a book called " How to Read a Film " by James Monaca in which Chapter 3 , is quite useful. You could read the Chapter closely and then start watching the films, or you could just start watching films. That way, you will leave something for me to teach! MOVIE THEME All Quiet on the Western Front World War I The Wind That Shakes the Barley Civil wars, social revolution, and anti- colonialism The Great Dictator Comedy of Global Politics Saving Private Ryan World War II Grave of the Fireflies Nationalism and Identity Politics, Wo...

If you like to view conversations then there are some videos with   Robert Keohane ,   Kenneth Waltz ,   John Mearshiemer ,   Dr. Shashi Tharoor   which are all part of UC Berkeley’s videos in a series called “Conversations with History”. The IR field has its own peculiarities and one such is   Professor Alexander Wendt   who is a leading scholar and does research on UFOs. Other include, Stephen Walt , John Mearshiemer & Stephen Walt , Vali Nasr  an Iranian-American academic, philosopher Martha Nussbaum  and her teacher Professor Amartya Sen .  Others include  John Kenneth Galbraith , Edward Luttwak  a pre-eminent scholar on China, Joseph Nye  scholar who articulated the concept of soft power , Robert Jervis whose work on nuclear politics is very important. The full list of over 100 conversations is compiled here:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeYsBp2DPaHWTmtc22Y8kVEMVUcs_OTKa ...

Dear Students, As you start preparing to join the BA in Global Affairs program of the MA in Diplomacy, Law and Business program at the Jindal School of International Affairs, OP Jindal Global University, I am sharing some resources that you can consult. So everything has to start somewhere and you will see that in your program we start with courses on Theories . So here is a resource where you can hear from the stalwarts whose work defines our field and considered seminal in the field.  Theory Talks is an interactive forum for discussion of debates in International Relations with an emphasis of the underlying theoretical issues. By frequently inviting cutting-edge specialists in the field to elucidate their work and to explain current developments both in IR theory and real-world politics, Theory Talks aims to offer both scholars and students a comprehensive view of the field and its most important protagonists.   I really love this site as it does a first person i...