The Role of Strategic Threats in Refugee Resettlement: The Indochinese Crisis of 1978±79  

Oleh:

Zeager, Lester A.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Rationality and Society vol. 14 no. 2 (Mei 2002), page 159-191.
Topik: game theory; refugees; Southeast Asia; strategic threats; theory of moves
Fulltext: 159RS142.pdf (184.49KB)

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The Indochinese refugee crisis of 1978±79 is modeled as a prisoners' dilemma, with Thailand choosing whether to permit ®rst asylum and the United States choosing whether to allow resettlement. A threat power analysis from the theory of moves helps to explain: (1) the threats by Thailand and other countries in the region to deny ®rst asylum, and (2) the decision by the United States to (eventually) accept over 750,000 refugees for resettlement. The threats by Thailand shocked and outraged the international community, but the threat power analysis suggests that they were instrumental in escaping the prisoners' dilemma.

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