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Back Game-Theoretic Approaches to Deterrence

Fiscal Year 2010
Division Graduate School of Operational & Information Sciences
Department Defense Analysis
Investigator(s) Owen, Guillermo
McCormick, Gordon H.
Sponsor Air Force Office of Scientific Research (Air Force)
Summary We propose to examine the problem of deterring state actors. We are interested in several sets of problems that have not been closely considered in the deterrence literature: 1) the ways in which the deterrence problem is complicated when one is facing three or more players, 2) the ways in which cultural and other player specific attributes can influence the expected success of a deterrence program, and 3) the role that bluffing plays in the strategies of players who wish to both implement and circumvent deterrent threats. Our approach has a theoretical, empirical, and experimental component. The resulting products will advance our understanding of deterrence in complex environments.
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