The value of a theory of deterrence lies in its ability to reconstruct and predict strategic behavior accurately and consistently. Contemporary scholarship on d

Professor Zagare provides methods for analysing the structure of the game; considers zero and nonzero-sum games and the fundamental 'minimax theorem'; and inves

The first general analysis of deterrence since the Cold War, using game theory and containing numerous historical examples.

Opposing views on the merits of formal rational choice approaches as they have been applied to international security studies. Formal theories and rational choi