| Mechanisms | Concept mentioned in Schelling's Strategy of Conflict | Relationship to choice |
| accidents | accident | The decider has agency in the aftermath of the risk-generating event. |
| mechanical failure | ||
| self-control | panic | The decider has agency but cannot control themselves. |
| madness | ||
| false alarm | The decider has agency but acts on misperception. | |
| misapprehension of enemy intentions | ||
| control of others | pre-delegation | The decider does not have agency, a third party or unauthorized decider does. |
| mischief | ||
| limited war as a generator of risk | The decider retains a choice, but the adversary also has agency over the decision for nuclear war. |
| Mechanisms | Concept mentioned in Schelling's Strategy of Conflict | Relationship to choice |
| accidents | accident | The decider has agency in the aftermath of the risk-generating event. |
| mechanical failure | ||
| self-control | panic | The decider has agency but cannot control themselves. |
| madness | ||
| false alarm | The decider has agency but acts on misperception. | |
| misapprehension of enemy intentions | ||
| control of others | pre-delegation | The decider does not have agency, a third party or unauthorized decider does. |
| mischief | ||
| limited war as a generator of risk | The decider retains a choice, but the adversary also has agency over the decision for nuclear war. |