IS GAME THEORY COMPATIBLE WITH CLAUSEWITZ’S STRATEGIC THINKING?
IS GAME THEORY COMPATIBLE WITH CLAUSEWITZ’S STRATEGIC THINKING?
Author(s): Detlev-Holger MüllerSubject(s): Security and defense, Military policy, Evaluation research, Social Theory
Published by: Kaitseväe Akadeemia (KVA)
Keywords: Game theory; Carl von Clausewitz; John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern; Theory of Games and Economic Behavior;
Summary/Abstract: Although game theory is a rather young area of science, it is already well established in the field of mathematically oriented decision-making techniques. Initially its findings were mainly aimed at describing and explaining economic processes, later however these concepts of thinking were also applied to political and military-strategic problems. The development and implementation of the flexible response nuclear strategy was based on game theoretical calculi, but it has also been applied to arms control, as well as confidence and security-building measures.
Journal: EMA OCCASIONAL PAPERS (until May 2019: ENDC OCCASIONAL PAPERS)
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 73-87
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English