Stability of Multilateral Agreements and the Limits to Cooperation

本项目旨在分析多边协议的稳定性。这有望通过建立博弈论中的合作方法来实现，该方法将群体作为主要决策者。将分析单位从个人转移到群体，有利于扩大博弈论方法在社会问题上的适用性。因此，预计该项目将增进我们对如何以及为什么能够在当今社会面临的一些最紧迫的挑战中保持合作的理解，这些挑战需要广泛的国际合作来克服，例如环境变化、贸易争端和军备控制。

This project aims to analyze the stability of multilateral agreements. This is expected to be done by building upon the cooperative approach in game theory that focuses on groups as the primary decision makers. Moving the unit of analysis from an individual to a group has the advantage of widening the applicability of game theoretic methods to social issues. Consequently, the project is expected to enhance our understanding of how and why cooperation can be sustained in some of the most pressing challenges faced by the society today that require extensive international collaboration to overcome, such as environmental change, trade disputes, and arms-control.