The Brinkmanship Game: Bargaining under the Mutual Risk of Escalation

Autor/inn/en	Haun, Phil; O'Hara, Michael
Titel	The Brinkmanship Game: Bargaining under the Mutual Risk of Escalation
Quelle	In: Journal of Political Science Education, 18 (2022) 3, S.379-389 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1551-2169
DOI	10.1080/15512169.2022.2036615
Schlagwörter	Educational Games; Risk; Probability; Class Activities; Game Theory; Graduate Students; Strategic Planning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Educational game; Lernspiel; Risiko; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Spieltheorie; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung
Abstract	This article describes a simple two-player game which illustrates basic concepts of brinkmanship, to include calculations of probability and expected outcomes, and risk-taking profiles. The game befits a single 50-minute class period with introduction, gameplay, and discussion. The game can supplement the study of conflict from classic Cold War case studies of crisis bargaining, to arms control, or negotiating international protocols for global climate change such as the Paris Agreement. The Brinkmanship Game was developed for the seventh week of a 10-week graduate course called Game Theory and Decisionmaking: Exploring Strategic Situations. The course features a flipped classroom with class time devoted to experimentation, gameplay, and discussion of readings and games; lectures are online. The Brinkmanship Game would be appropriate for students in any advanced undergraduate or graduate level course in international relations, security studies, negotiation, or game theory. The Brinkmanship Game provides an active learning opportunity that can be valuable for encouraging students to come to their own understanding of concepts of mutual risk-taking. The authors have found the game to be effective in the classroom and hope it may prove valuable to those searching for ways to motivate students and to help them learn. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01