PCJ260Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Bargaining, American Exceptionalism, Bush Doctrine
14 Apr 2018
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David lake, (cid:373)two cheers for bargaining theory: assessing rationalist. Explanations of the iraq war,(cid:374) international security, 35 3 (december. War is over once a settlement is reached (iraq continued postwar) States act rationally: self delusions, biased decision-making i. ii. Must exist a negotiated outcome that will leave both sides better off than if they fight. Bargains are not credible or in the interests of the parties to honour (shifting distribution) Don"t want to reveal in case you do go to war, But once you go to war, information is revealed --> should settle. Fighting is a mechanism for revealing information about probability of victory. 1990 invasion of kuwait threatened the us"s role in the middle. Ongoing geopolitical struggle on 2 different visions for region. Iraq could not commit credibly to not build wmds. If can"t trust saddam, only solution is to remove him from power. Us could not afford 9/11 repeat --> even 1% chance of wmd was too high.
