Bargaining can be described as a zero-sum game: when two players interact with each other, the outcome of a bargaining will make one of these two players better off at the expense of the other. In the following essay, I will demonstrate why the Iraq war in 2003 was a failure to bargain. Using the approach of the World Politics book by Frieden, Lake, and Schultz (2010), I will analyze interests, interactions, and institutions with regard to this bargaining failure between the United States and Iraq.

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Title: The Iraq War as a Failure to Bargain
College: University of California, San Diego (Department of Political Science)
Course: Introduction to International Relations
Grade: 1,3
Author: Renard Teipelke (Author)
Year: 2010
Pages: 4
Catalog Number: V153499
ISBN (eBook): 9783640657476
ISBN (Book): 9783640657957
Language: English
Tags: iraq usa middle east bush security council un europe russia china veto interest institution interaction cooperation conflict preemption prevention wmd iteration information reliable transparency prospect hussein prisoner dilemma

The Iraq War as a Failure to Bargain

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