title: ZERO-SUM GAMES AND MIXED-MOTIVE GAMES IN THE FIGHT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION WITH THE WEST FOR UKRAINE
abstract: Researchers' attention for the Game Theory increased during the Cold War, and even more after this moment, therefore nowadays it is being used in multiple domains. This evolution led, inevitably, to the overuse of different concepts and/or elements, an eloquent example being what happened during the Ukrainian crisis of 2014 and after it. The main purpose of this paper is to examine the "race" for Ukraine between the Russian Federation and the West, analysed through the concepts of zero-sum games
journal: EUROPOLITY CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN EUROPEAN GOVERNANCE