Muhammad Ali Wins Against George Foreman

Women are uniquely positioned to win the war against male violence. Muhammad Ali's rope-a-dope strategy helped him beat George Foreman in 1974. This fight illustrates an important yet relatively unexplored feature of interstate conflict, how a weak actor strategy can make a strong actor's power irrelevant. If power implies victory in war, then weak actors should almost never win against stronger opponents - but history suggests otherwise.