10.1177/1046878103255492ARTICLESIMULATION & GAMING / September 2003Keynote: ERRORIS & AME THEORY Keynote paper Terrorism & game theory

This keynote paper examines how game-theoretic analyses of terrorism have provided some policy insights that do not follow fromnonstrategic analyses. Somenewgame-theoretic applications are indicated that con-cern terrorist targeting of businesses, officials, and the general public, where targets can work at cross-pur-poses as they attempt to deflect the attack.Other novel applications involve government choice among alter-native antiterrorism policies, and government concessionary policy when terrorists are either hardliners or moderates in their viewpoint. Directions for future research are also indicated