Playing the Non-Zero Sum Game — The Politics of Arrival.
Sep 5, 2018 · 6 min read

Arrival is more than a film about language. It’s a movie about international politics.
Note: This article discusses plot points from the movie Arrival. Spoilers ahead!
For a movie about first contact with an alien life form, Arrival is surprisingly short on inter-galactic relations. Unlike the aliens in the War of the Worlds or Independence…

