Scenario 17-3.
Consider two countries, Kinglandia and Rovinastan, 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 (10 = best outcome, 1 = worst outcome).

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Scenario 17-3.
Consider two countries, Kinglandia and Rovinastan, 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 (10 = best outcome, 1 = worst outcome).
 
-Refer to Scenario 17-3. Building new weapons is a dominant strategy for

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Building new weapons is a dominant strategy for both Kinglandia and Rovinastan because regardless of the other country's decision, building new weapons is always ranked higher than disarming existing weapons. This is because a large arsenal gives each country more influence in world affairs, which is their top priority.

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