Escalation
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But the episode represented a serious
escalation
of hostilities and served as an important reminder of the vulnerability of nuclear reactors in warzones.
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I was part of that United Nations initiative called the Alliance of Civilizations, which was asked by Kofi Annan to diagnose the causes of extremism, and to give practical guidelines to member states about how to avoid the
escalation
of further extremism.
But the leaders in Asia do not feel the need to wave the flag, to go xenophobic, to actually allow
escalation
of the geopolitical and cross-border tensions.
Only in 2015, due to an
escalation
of war in countries like Libya, Syria, Ukraine and Yemen, the number of [land mine casualties] almost doubled, from 3,695 to 6,461 people.
The process of habituation also plays a key role in risk-taking and risk
escalation.
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