RadioLab's podcast about the prisoner's dilemma gave another example of how this theory can affect if a person will defect or not. An important element that was pointed out during the show was the relationship between the two players. They then pointed out how the relationship affects the players decision. They asked the question, "Do I know this guy?" If not, im throwing him under the bus. When hearing this I thought about the card game that we played in class because if your partner was your friend the chances of you cooperating was higher than if it was a stranger. But one solution that they figured out was by conducting a computer terminant tournament where you submitted games concerning the prisoner's dilemma in which you played with other …show more content…
Constructivists do not rely of institutions such as the UN but instead ask fundamental questions such as, “Are we not afraid that Britain has a nuclear weapon because they speak English and N.Korea has there own language?” Why are you not afraid of Britain but afraid of Iraq having nuclear weapons? It is simply because ideas give meaning to material worlds; whether or not a state Is powerful or considered a threat is not due to the number of weapons or troops they have alone. The constructist paradigm focuses n the power of langaue, speech acts, framing and dialogue, power of culture, symbols, identity, norms, and ideas in shaping decision making. To help the alien better grasp the cncept of this puzzling behavior, I would boldy point out that the shared understadnings and the history between the states play a big role. For example, the importance of speech acts and words tie with Geroge W.Bush’s intrudctuion of the term “The axis of Evil” and Obama’s introduction of “Redlines”. In the end it comes down to who is defined as an enemy or a friend. The history of relations with that state and their identity can be looked at as the missing piece of the