Citation

Niou EMS, Ordeshook PC. Math. Comput. Model. 1989; 12(4-5): 519-531.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0895-7177(89)90422-6

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This paper extends a cooperative game-theoretic model of the balance of power in anarchic international systems to include consideration of the asymmetry which geography occasions in the offensive and defensive capabilities of countries. The two substantive ideas which concern us are a formalization of the notion of a