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Why would a state retaliate to a nuclear strike if the consequences could be human extinction?
The entire mutually-assured destruction (MAD) concept is based on game theory and mutual belief.
Suppose we have two states (A and B) with massive nuclear arsenals which together suffice to plunge the ...
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Does strategic ambiguity mean soft response?
Let's consider situations when country A wants to deter country B from doing some action (i.e. the USA wants to deter China from attacking Taiwan).
Such situations can be modeled in the following way. ...