A lot of people watched the Anna Haz- A are drama unfold; many with opti- mism, some with scepticism, yet oth- ers with trepidation. Bruce Beuno de Mesquita was probably the only one who took it all in with disappoint- ment. “I followed the case and thought, too bad I don’t have the data to analyse this. It would have been a perfect opportunity to apply my model,” says Mesquita.