Dictators, unlike Democrats, depend on a small coterie to sustain their power. These backers, generally drawn from the military, the senior civil service, and family or clan members, have a synergistic relationship with their dictator. The dictator delivers opportunities for… — Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Copy Share Image
To understand why dictators fall, it helps to recognise factors that produce a perfect anti-dictatorial storm. Barring missteps such as those that led to Gaddafi's undoing, a dictator's survival can be at risk because of newness in office, poor health,… — Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Copy Share Image
We probably could more successfully resolve the North Korean nuclear threat through game-theoretic reasoning. We could successfully resolve what American leaders seem to perceive… — Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Copy Share Image
We really can't tell the difference between people who might seek power for some greater good and people who seek power just to aggrandize… — Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Copy Share Image
I engage in the use of game theory. Game theory is a branch of mathematics, and that means, sorry, that even in the study… — Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Copy Share Image
If you're running a dictatorship, you don't really have to worry about the welfare or the property rights of the ordinary citizen. Only the… — Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Copy Share Image
I think almost all strategic problems could at least be improved upon if people would do more careful game-theoretic analysis. The reason game theory… — Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Copy Share Image
The fact that we see some people doing what appears to be good civic-minded deeds may be because that is their true intention, and it may be that that is their best way to hold onto power in a setting where they have to depend on a lot of people. — Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Copy Share
“Democracies are not lucky. They do not attract civic-minded leaders by chance. Rather, they attract survival-oriented leaders who understand that, given their dependence on… — Bruce Bueno De Mesquita Copy Share Image
There is an interesting interplay between power corrupting and corruption empowering. The causality does not go one way. — Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Copy Share Image
Dictators, unlike Democrats, depend on a small coterie to sustain their power. These backers, generally drawn from the military, the senior civil service, and… — Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Copy Share Image
Pretty much, you point to a problem and good reasoning about why people are doing what they are doing and what constraints they face… — Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Copy Share Image
There are lots of people shaping decisions, and so if we want to predict correctly, we have to pay attention to everybody who is… — Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Copy Share Image
