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		| Sylvain  Baumann, Pedro  Lages dos santos, Samir  Amine and Fabrice  Valognes | 
	
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		| ''Protection, Alliance and Negotiation against a Terrorist Threat'' | 
	
		| ( 2009, Vol. 29 No.4 ) | 
	
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		| The aim of this paper is to analyze the decision-making process of a targeted country threatened by a terrorist group. This country has the choice between improving his arms, forming an alliance with a border country or negotiating with the terrorists. However, his resource do not enable him to have a complete alliance or to pay the total ransom. The government has to do an arbitrage among the strategies. After determining the equilibrium, we focus on the effects of each parameters. | 
	
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		| Keywords: Conflict,  Security,  Terrorism,  Alliance,  Negotiation | 
	
		| JEL: D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making: General 
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		| | Manuscript Received : Sep 09 2009 |  | Manuscript Accepted : Dec 23 2009 | 
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