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
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
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
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
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
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… — 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
There is an interesting interplay between power corrupting and corruption empowering. The causality does not go one way. — Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Copy Share
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
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
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
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… — Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Copy Share
I'm not engaged in predicting random number generators. I actually get phone calls from people who want to know what lottery numbers are going… — Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Copy Share
In order to predict effectively, we need to use science. And the reason that we need to use science is because then we can… — Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Copy Share
