http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20190925-112814-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/boris-johnsons-strategy-of-assured-mutual-destruction-crazy-but-not-irrational/ Boris Johnson’s Strategy of Assured Mutual Destruction: Crazy but not Irrational Towfigh, Emanuel V. eng 2019-09-24 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Boris Johnson brexit Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 One of the frequent equivocal “courtesy” titles that has been awarded to Boris Johnson these days is that of plunger or reckless gambler. Boris Johnson may be many things — his language coarse, his behavior ruthless — but if you analyze his behavior in the current Brexit affair from a decision theoretic angle there is a rational interpretation for his seemingly irrational approach.