Shifting State Power: A Constructivist Reading of Wag the Dog

Photo: Wag the Dog. New Line Cinema, 1997. Used under Fair Use license. In the spring 2020, I wrote this short film analysis for POL 326: International Relations Theories, taught by Dr. Eleanor Morris. Drawing on my knowledge of constructivist and realist international relations theories, I argued for a critical reading of the film Wag …