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Shangri-La Dialogue: Stepping outside zero-sum thinking

Game theorists have a simple but important insight: In a zero-sum game, there is often no stable outcome. Players become trapped in endless cycles of moves and countermoves, each seeking advantage at the other's expense, and no one ever truly wins. The only real way forward is to change the game itself. This is worth bearing in mind as the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) convenes the 23rd IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.