The proposed book uses the Star Trek television/movie and Star Wars movie series to explain key international relations (IR) concepts and theories. It begins with an overview of the importance of science fiction in literature and film/television. It then presents the development of the Star Trek and Star Wars franchises, and discusses how their progression through time has illustrated key IR theories and concepts. As a bonus, it compares the two franchises to another recent science fiction franchise used to teach IR (Battlestar Galactica).

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If you enjoy science fiction in general and Star Trek and Star Wars in particular and you are interested in teaching a course on science fiction and theories of international relations and politics, you will probably find this book a good resource. The authors seem to be well qualified to write a book on applying theories of international relations and politics to the imaginary worlds of science fiction. . . . I think the resources it contains can be very useful in the hands of an instructor who knows and understands the history of the last century.