Strategic Equilibria in the New Multipolarity: A Cournot Analysis of Great Power Competition

• In Event: Great Power Competition: Geopolitics, Nuclear Proliferation, and Alliances

Brief Overview

Applies Cournot competition models to multipolar international systems. Shows how states behave as oligopolistic competitors under anarchy, producing strategic equilibria with regional spheres and alliance formations.

Authors

• Paul Viotti, California State University, Chico

• Abbas Attarwala, California State University, Chico