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Why Would Russia Attack a Nuclear Power Plant?
It’s a risky and dangerous move, but game theory offers some clues about what Putin may be thinking.
Mapping out what happened and when at Zaporizhzhia.
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Russia’s shelling of the Ukrainian site of Zaporizhzhia, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, shows that the war in Ukraine is rapidly growing more complex and uncertain — but how we arrive at this conclusion is as important as the conclusion itself.
In other words, as I sometimes like to say: Time for some game theory. Specifically, how game theory might apply to nuclear conflict.