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A competitive race may make unilateral restraint unstable without a binding framework.

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Bhaskar ChakravortiDean of Global Business; Chair, Digital Planet · The Fletcher School, Tufts UniversityLinkedIn ↗

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Bhaskar ChakravortiDean of Global Business; Chair, Digital Planet · The Fletcher School, Tufts UniversityLinkedIn ↗

A competitive race may make unilateral restraint unstable without a binding framework.

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Attributed contributors: Bhaskar Chakravorti. “A competitive race may make unilateral restraint unstable without a binding framework..” Market Power, AI, Development and Freedom – Paths Forward. ECOSYSTEM Summit, Barcelona, 17 September 2026. Session time 2:07–3:43. https://cs-ecosystem.commonshare.workers.dev/evidence/E-232bcade91ad

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Analyst synthesis. The recording establishes that a claim was made. It does not independently establish the claimed effect.

mechanism argument

A competitive race may make unilateral restraint unstable without a binding framework.

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Bhaskar ChakravortiDean of Global Business; Chair, Digital Planet · The Fletcher School, Tufts UniversityLinkedIn ↗

Proposed mechanism: Each actor expects rivals to accelerate if it slows.

Limit: Stylised strategic argument.

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