The super power versus a regional power : a game theoretical approach to the current nuclear tension between the US and Iran

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buir.advisorGüner, Serdar
dc.contributor.authorAydın, Sabri
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-08T18:10:30Z
dc.date.available2016-01-08T18:10:30Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.descriptionAnkara : The Department of International Relations, Bilkent University, 2009.en_US
dc.descriptionThesis (Master's) -- Bilkent University, 2009.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references leaves 84-91.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis investigates how the nuclear tension between Iran and the US is likely to result. Game theoretical analyses are applied in order to develop the argument of this study. First, the reason why states pursue nuclear weapons and the factors that push Iran to go nuclear are analyzed. Second, the mutual threat perceptions between the US and Iran are analyzed and the effect of such perceptions on Iran’s nuclear venture is investigated. Third, three US policy options, namely diplomacy, military operation and stimulating a regime change, are elaborated. Fourth, the interaction between the US and Iran is analyzed by using two different forms of games, complete and incomplete information, and two different methods, backwards induction and Bayes’s theorem. It is concluded that Iran’s nuclear pursuit is mostly security based and the nuclear tension between Iran and the US creates a vicious circle. While Iran is going for nuclear weapons primarily to protect itself from the external threats, the US challenge to Iran’s nuclear pursuit poses a security threat to Iran and makes Iranians much more eager to develop their own nuclear weapon capability.en_US
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dc.description.statementofresponsibilityAydın, Sabrien_US
dc.format.extentix, 91 leavesen_US
dc.identifier.itemidBILKUTUPB117977
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/14894
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectNuclear Weaponsen_US
dc.subjectGame Theoryen_US
dc.subjectBackwards Inductionen_US
dc.subjectBayes’s Theoremen_US
dc.subjectComplete Informationen_US
dc.subjectIncomplete Informationen_US
dc.subject.lccUA853.I7 A93 2009en_US
dc.subject.lcshNuclear weapons--Iran.en_US
dc.subject.lcshNuclear arms control--Iran.en_US
dc.titleThe super power versus a regional power : a game theoretical approach to the current nuclear tension between the US and Iranen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineInternational Relations
thesis.degree.grantorBilkent University
thesis.degree.levelMaster's
thesis.degree.nameMA (Master of Arts)

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