Space Competition and the Dynamics of Conflict: Using Game Theory and Artificial Intelligence to Gain Strategic Insight

The authors summarize research to date about using a game-theoretic model of competition and cooperation in outer space to examine the dynamics of conflict there, short of wars of total destruction. They focus specifically on the dynamics of space competition in the context of limited space war. They provide a summary of the aspects of the research that would be of interest to a general audience of space policymakers and potential warfighters.