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Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle – George R Martin. Game OfThrone
Recently, I really enjoyed watching the TV Show Game of Throne (GOT). This show is another way to learn about my favorite subject, geopolitics.
Chris O'Regan, a user of Quora, a knowledge website, said that GOT has drawn inspiration from actual historical events. The biggest similarity is that the story resembles events that occurred during medieval times in England particularly the Wars of the Roses. There are two houses in GOT, Stark and Lannister. Stark sounds like York and Lannister sounds like Lancaster.
Watching GOT also reminds me of my undergraduate thesis in
2012. I wrote about political contestation between student groups in my
university, from a geopolitical point of view. Some people said it was an
unusual topic. But in 2014, it was published as a book titled ‘Geopolitik Islam Kampus’ (Islam
Geopolitics in University) and until now I still get orders for it . I had also
essays published in other anthologies.