Is there a variable that could help us understand societies in a more helpful way? Let’s try defection, a concept derived from The Prisoner’s Dilemma, a game often analyzed by scholars interested in ...

Many social interactions involving conflicts of interest can be modeled as simple two-person games where each person, or player, chooses between a prosocial, or cooperating, strategy, and an ...

A prominent Iranian nuclear scientist has defected to the U.S., aiding American hopes of curtailing Iran's nuclear ambitions, according to ABC News. The scientist, Shahram Amiri, disappeared last year ...