Wednesday, August 19, 2009

International relations...of zombies

Hat tip: Megan Serenco '97

From Dan Drezner over at Foreign Policy:

...let's have some fun with this and ask a different question -- what would different systemic international relations theories* predict regarding the effects of a zombie outbreak? Would the result be inconsequential -- or World War Z?

A structural realist would argue that, because of the uneven distribution of capabilities, some governments will be better placed to repulse the zombies than others. Furthermore, anyone who has seen Land of the Dead knows that zombies are not deterred by the stopping power of water. So that's the bad news....

Read the whole thing, before you get eaten, here.