Scenario 16-3
Consider two countries, Eudora and Inhabii, that are engaged in an arms race. Each country must decide whether to build new weapons or to disarm existing weapons. Each country prefers to have more arms than the other because a large arsenal gives it more influence in world affairs. But each country also prefers to live in a world safe from the other country's weapons. The following table shows the possible outcomes for each decision combination. The numbers in each cell represent the country's ranking of the outcome.

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Scenario 16-3
Consider two countries, Eudora and Inhabii, that are engaged in an arms race. Each country must decide whether to build new weapons or to disarm existing weapons. Each country prefers to have more arms than the other because a large arsenal gives it more influence in world affairs. But each country also prefers to live in a world safe from the other country's weapons. The following table shows the possible outcomes for each decision combination. The numbers in each cell represent the country's ranking of the outcome.
 
-Refer to Scenario 16-3.Building new weapons is a dominant strategy for

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Building new weapons dominates over disarming existing weapons for both countries because it leads to a better outcome regardless of the other country's decision. Therefore, the best choice for both countries is to build new weapons.

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