Statistical decision models are formulated for a decision situation involving a decision maker who is a broker, a person engaged in bringing together sellers and buyers to make transactions. The objective of the analysis is the determination of a plan in accordance with the broker's subjective...

First-strike stability in a multipolar world measures the incentives of all major nuclear weapon countries, in all possible coalitions, to refrain from preemptive attack. The analysis integrates the interactions of offensive weapon arsenals, vulnerable offensive weapons within these arsenals,...