General Overviews of International ConflictAlthough many scholars have used game theory to examine particular parts of international conflict, others have examined international conflict more generally. Wagner 2007 demonstrates that realism and other common theoretical approaches are unable to explain international politics and that game theory is useful to better explain it. Nicholson 1989 and Zagare and Slantchev 2010 provide historical overviews of attempts to explain international relations using formal theory. Brams and Kilgour 1988 uses game theory to examine a series of national security issues. O’Neill 1999 uses game theory to examine the importance of honor and symbols in international politics. Kydd 2005 focuses on trust between states. Bueno de Mesquita and Lalman 1992, Slantchev 2011, and Zagare and Kilgour 2000 develop general theories of international conflict.Brams, Steven J., and D. Marc Kilgour. Game Theory and National Security. New York: Basil Blackwell, 1988.