Tommy Andersson
Professor
Seeking No War, Achieving No Peace : The Conflict over the Siachen Glacier
Författare
Summary, in English
This paper models ‘no war, no peace’ situations in a game theoretical framework where two countries are engaged in a standoff over a military sector. The first main objective is to identify rational grounds for such situations and, more precisely, for the explicit equilibria that lead to such situations. It is demonstrated that both countries gain the same payoff from being in this continuous state of perpetual hostility and, moreover, that ‘no war, no peace’ situations can be explained only if the countries perceive an equal measure of military advantage from controlling the area. Given this insight, the second objective of the paper is to provide insights about how ‘no war, no peace’ situations can be resolved. Two different pathways are suggested. The first is idealistic and based on mutual trust, whereas the second is based on deterrence, involving both countries imposing a threat of using armed force against the other country in their respective military doctrines.
Avdelning/ar
- Nationalekonomiska institutionen
Publiceringsår
2021
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
253-270
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Defence and Peace Economics
Volym
32
Issue
3
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Routledge
Ämne
- Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalization Studies)
Nyckelord
- Game theory
- infinite horizon game
- Siachen conflict
- stationary strategies
- ‘no war - no peace’
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1024-2694