What Lesson Do Neoliberal Institutionalists Learn from the Prisoner's Dilemma

question 50

Multiple Choice

What lesson do neoliberal institutionalists learn from the prisoner's dilemma?

• A) If states confront each other repeatedly, they find it is in their self-interest to cooperate.
• B) Self-interested actors will never cooperate, so states should work to obtain as much power as they can to protect themselves from other states.
• C) States will never be able to cooperate on security issues.
• D) Because of the goodness of human nature, less than optimal outcomes rarely occur when states interact.
• E) The prisoner's dilemma can never accurately model international politics.

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