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It turns out that the Romans were champs in making peace. Their motto was that if you want to make peace, you need to prepare for war. They knew game theory.

— Robert Aumann

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"Interactive Decision Theory" would perhaps be a more descriptive name for the discipline usually called Game Theory.

Robert Aumann (2000)

A person’s behavior is rational if it is in his best interests, given his information.

War and peace (2005)

I think game theory creates ideas that are important in solving and approaching conflict in general.

War has been with us ever since the dawn of civilization. Nothing has been more constant in history than war.

War and peace (2005)

Capitulation, sycophancy, and cowardice will only undermine us... Sometimes, you have to courageously follow your own path and not try to curry favor with anyone.

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