{"595309":{"#nid":"595309","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Game of Thrones Season 7: Each Character\u2019s Strategy, Ranked by Political Science","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJenna Jordan\u003Cstrong\u003E,\u003C\/strong\u003E assistant professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Institute of Technology, was quoted in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EVox\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAugust 28\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Estory, \u0026ldquo;Game of Thrones Season 7: Each Character\u0026rsquo;s Strategy, Ranked by Political Science.\u0026rdquo;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGame of Throne\u0026#39;s seventh season, one defined by the show\u0026rsquo;s most central characters all coming into conflict for the first time, is over. Daenerys, Jon, Cersei, Tyrion, Sansa, and all the rest spent the entire season struggling with one another for power and control over Westeros, each employing different strategies to strengthen their faction and accomplish their objectives.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhich makes the season\u0026rsquo;s end a perfect time to take stock: to assess each player\u0026rsquo;s strategy, and judge which character did the best with the tools they had available. Who played the Game of Thrones best?\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis tracks with real-world statistical evidence that decapitation \u0026mdash; meaning killing an opponent\u0026rsquo;s leader \u0026mdash; can effectively weaken its entire force under certain circumstances. One such situation, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2014\/5\/21\/5738190\/drone-study-decapitation-fails\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Jenna Jordan argues\u003C\/a\u003E, is when the enemy has a \u0026ldquo;charismatic\u0026rdquo; leadership structure. This means that the enemy is held together by one or a handful of powerful leaders, and functions because of that person\u0026rsquo;s leadership rather than any kind of bureaucratic structure or ideological bonds.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article on\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.vox.com\/culture\/2017\/8\/28\/16205048\/game-of-thrones-season-7-cersei-daenerys-jon-snow\u0022\u003E \u0026ldquo;Game of Thrones Season 7: Each Character\u0026rsquo;s Strategy, Ranked by Political Science,\u0026rdquo; \u003C\/a\u003Evisit \u003Cem\u003EVox\u0026rsquo;s\u003C\/em\u003E website. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34554","created_gmt":"2017-08-30 17:46:13","changed_gmt":"2017-09-28 21:15:08","author":"ralu3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Ramblin\u0027 Royalty","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/culture\/2017\/8\/28\/16205048\/game-of-thrones-season-7-cersei-daenerys-jon-snow","dateline":{"date":"2017-08-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-08-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"588593":{"id":"588593","type":"image","title":"Jenna Jordan","body":null,"created":"1489174780","gmt_created":"2017-03-10 19:39:40","changed":"1489174780","gmt_changed":"2017-03-10 19:39:40","alt":"","file":{"fid":"224306","name":"jordan.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/jordan.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/jordan.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":429488,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/jordan.jpg?itok=a-acH6O7"}}},"media_ids":["588593"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"},{"id":"1286","name":"Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"174939","name":"Game of Thrones"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"175362","name":"vox"},{"id":"175363","name":"season 7"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}