PSCI150 Lecture 10: W10 - The Problem with Russia
16 Dec 2019
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Arms control agreements failing: failing of ban on ground launched missiles between the us and russia (agreement) Time-inconsistent preferences my interest today might not be my interest tomorrow. Incentives to misrepresent uncertainty as to what the real state of the world is. No appeal to higher authority no higher court has power over me i am accountable to no one: ex. Us threatening to leave the nafta agreement if they didn"t get their way. The revisionist model: russia wants to test the status quo. Territorial expansion: revise the status quo, russia has a high pain tolerance (they have been invaded a number of times, Effort to probe western weakness and see what could be achievable to seize more land: prepare for more expansion, russia has also been growing their military. Tuesday, march 12, 2019 2 trying to change it: pain threshold low, risk of surprise attack low, soviet union was the victim of a surprise attack when nazi.
