War or Peace? How the Subjective Perception of Great Power Interdependence Shapes Preemptive Defensive Aggression

War or Peace? How the Subjective Perception of Great Power Interdependence Shapes Preemptive Defensive Aggression

Why do great powers with benign intentions end up fighting each other in wars they do not seek? We utilize an incentivized, two-person “Preemptive Strike Game” (PSG) to explore how the subjective perception of great power interdependence shapes defensive aggression against persons from rival great p...

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Main Authors: Yiming Jing, Peter H. Gries, Yang Li, Adam W. Stivers, Nobuhiro Mifune, D. M. Kuhlman, Liying Bai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
great power conflict
social interdependence
preemptive strikes
international relations
political psychology
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00864/full

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