Researchers at Yale University have found that the more allies a country has, the less power it has. The authors say the findings have potential implications for current events.
The scientists published their results in the July issue of IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica (JAS), a joint publication of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and the Chinese Association of Automation (CAA).
The scientists developed a simple, yet sophisticated, computer game to examine relationships between countries and the resulting strategic environments."We have developed a power allocation game to study countries' strategic interactions in a complex environment," said Yuke Li from Yale University. Dr. Li and Prof. A. Stephen Morse, the Dudley Professor of distributed control and adaptive control in electrical engineering at Yale University, used the game to ask if having more allies in a networked, strategic environment will always be beneficial to a country in terms of power allocation outcomes. "The answer is, surprisingly, no. This is especially so for a country without sufficient power to mediate between the conflicts among its potential allies."
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-allies-decrease-country-power.html
[Abstract]: The power allocation game on a network: a paradox
At the rate at which the current POTUS is alienating allies, the USA will become even more powerful, as per the above article.
(Score: 2) by Arik on Wednesday June 27 2018, @04:59AM (1 child)
Nothing is everything.
The tighter your grip the more slips through your fingers.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 27 2018, @11:13AM
Depends on what you are gripping really. If I grip too tightly it stops slipping at all. And it hurts.