

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
Political scientist and professor known for work on political survival and game-theoretic analysis of politics; senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and author of The Strategy of Campaigning.
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Jul 23, 2007 • 1h 7min
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita on Reagan, Yeltsin, and the Strategy of Political Campaigning
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, political scientist and game-theory expert, explains campaigning as strategy rather than persuasion. He contrasts rhetorical persuasion with heresthetic coalition-building. He discusses Reagan reframing the Cold War, Yeltsin reshaping Russian politics, the persistence of negative campaigning, and why principled candidates often lose.

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Feb 12, 2007 • 1h 7min
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita on Democracies and Dictatorships
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Professor of Politics at NYU and Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, discusses the incentives facing dictators and democratic leaders. He applies his insights to foreign aid, the Middle East, Venezuela, China's potential for evolution to a democratic system, and Cuba. He emphasizes the importance of freedom of assembly and freedom of the press for true democracy.

Nov 7, 2022 • 0sec
18. Bruce Bueno de Mesquita - The Invention of Power
Guest Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, a political scientist, discusses his latest book on the invention of power. Topics include the impact of the Concordat of Verms on secular rulers and the church, wealth disparities in Europe, winning coalitions and power dynamics within the Catholic Church, future research recommendations, game theory models for power dynamics, the concept of a 'cut point' for democracy, and the stability of different countries and theories of stable democracies.


