Good Friday Agreement (Northern Ireland Conflict)
It was announced that the Provisional Irish Republican Army had completely decommissioned its weapons and "put them beyond use". Nonetheless, many unionists, most notably the DUP, remained skeptical and agreement on how to restore the power-sharing assembly still had not been reached as of July 2006.
I decided to add the table for clarification
Sinn Féin DUP |
Get rid of all weapons |
Keep all weapons |
Believe them and sign |
+5
+5 |
+5
-5 |
Do not believe them and do not sign |
-10
+10 |
-5
+5 |
The players are announcing their plans once they have been made but, it is secretive as to how they are making these plans.
They could have talked at any time they wanted. There was no need for deception seeing that DUP did not believe the Sinn Féin anyway.
The incentive for peace is to have a decent government. However, the incentive for not having a contract is for the DUP is to stall and get people on their side.
Basically, this is a game of chicken between two parties. The main way this topic relates to this class is the classical and one move at a time chicken.