What are the goals whose achievement indicate success or failure?
What "teams" participate? How does one "know the players"?
What strategies and tactics do participants use to achieve those goals?
What behaviors (roles) are expected of participants?
Who are the members of the "elite public" i.e. the "audience" or "fans" that watch and judge as participants perform their roles? Upon
what criteria do they base their judgments of "good plays" versus "bad plays"? How does an individual or team "score points"?
Who in the "general public" pays attention to how well the players perform?
How do the "players" learn how to "play the game"?
How do they come to "know the score?"
What insights did this game analogy give you into international terrorism?
Where do you think the game analogy may break down and why?