Between Quote by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

I'm not an Iran expert.

— Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

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

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

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

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

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

“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

There is an interesting interplay between power corrupting and corruption empowering. The causality does not go one way.

— Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

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

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

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

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