Alternatively, maybe weaker countries would bet that they will go to war to hedge their bets. Possibly this would be equivalent of paying more powerful countries in exchange for them not going to war with you (which maybe is zero-sum instead of negative-sum).
Good point.
Alternatively, maybe weaker countries would bet that they will go to war to hedge their bets. Possibly this would be equivalent of paying more powerful countries in exchange for them not going to war with you (which maybe is zero-sum instead of negative-sum).