Assume two nuclear armed countries (say the US and the Soviet Union(USSR)) are locked in a geopolitical competition of high stakes that can bedescribed using a Prisoners Dilemma Game. In particular assume that if bothcountries choose peace, payoffs are +10. If both choose war pay-offs are -30.If one choose peace and the other war (ie a surprise attack), then the peacefulnation has a pay-off of -50 and the attacker a pay-off of +20.A. Solve for the Nash Equilibrium of this game.B. Now assume that the two countries have a second-strike capacity thatis they retain the ability to retaliate after a surprise attack and inflict seriousdamage on the opponent. Such a second-strike capacity might be because thecountry possesses a large enough nuclear arsenal including a bomber fleet andnuclear submarines.-Show how to adapt the game of deterrence to account for this second strikecapacity. What has to be true for the payoffs of both countries following thesecond strike so as to ensure that there is no nuclear war in the first place?

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Assume two nuclear armed countries (say the US and the Soviet Union (USSR)) are locked in a geopolitical competition of high stakes that can be described using a Prisoners Dilemma Game. In particular assume that if both countries choose peace, payoffs are +10. If both choose war pay-offs are -30. If one choose peace and the other war (ie a surprise attack), then the peaceful nation has a pay-off of -50 and the attacker a pay-off of +20. A. Solve for the Nash Equilibrium of this game.

Assume two nuclear armed countries (say the US and the Soviet Union (USSR)) are locked in a geopolitical competition of high stakes that can be described using a Prisoners Dilemma Game. In particular assume that if both countries choose peace, payoffs are +10. If both choose war pay-offs are -30. If one choose peace and the other war (ie a surprise attack), then the peaceful nation has a pay-off of -50 and the attacker a pay-off of +20. A. Solve for the Nash Equilibrium of this game.

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Chapter13: best-practice Tactics: Game Theory

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