War and Peace. What does Game Theory teach us? Robert Aumann. Tel Aviv International Salon. May 2025.
- Wars are human misery.
- Why do people go to war?
- War as a disease.
- What is Game Theory? It is the rational analysis of situations including several participants, each striving to different goals, basically maximizing their payments. Zero and non zero-sum games.
- What is Rationality? Behavior in the best interest of the individual, given his information.
- Can war be rational?
- Can strikes be rational?
- Can discrimination be rational?
- ¡Yes!
- Once we understand they are rational, we can try to address the problem.
- Game Theory in one word: Incentives.
- Incentives for Peace.
- Concessions? Munich 1938.
- Disarmament? Cold War.
- Pax Romana. Si vis pacem parabellum. Swiss Air Force.
