International Relations 101 Full Course - International Relations 101: Counterterrorism as a Collective Action Problem
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This lecture explains how counterterrorism can form a collective action problem. Offensive operations have positive externalities: they destroy terrorist groups and prevent them from attacking any country at all. Defensive strategies have negative externalities: they make attacking other countries look relatively more attractive. Collective action problem theory therefore predicts that offensive operations will be underprovided while defensive strategies will be overprovided.
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