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The Cyprus Conflict as a Prisoner's Dilemma Game

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  • Malvern Lumsden

    (Department of Social Psychology University of Bergen (Norway))

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One hundred thirty-four Greek Cypriot and 51 Turkish Cypriot student teachers evaluated Cyprus now and in five years' time under four contingencies (peace, war, Enosis, and Taksim) on self-anchoring scales. Presentation of the resulting measures of utility in matrix form shows that of the 78 possible nonequivalent 2 x 2 games, the Cyprus conflict may be regarded as a Prisoner's Dilemma game where war is not seen as the worst possibility by either side, and peace offers a Pareto-optimal solution. Measures to resolve such conflicts suggested by the experimental literature are discussed.

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  • Malvern Lumsden, 1973. "The Cyprus Conflict as a Prisoner's Dilemma Game," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 17(1), pages 7-32, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jocore:v:17:y:1973:i:1:p:7-32
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