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Given the far-reaching risks posed by this rapidly escalating crisis, it may well be up to other stakeholders to take the lead.
Our chief objectives are preventing the crisis from escalating into a larger conflict, ensuring a sustainable political process, and preserving the inclusive and cooperative nature of the OSCE’s work.
A process of escalating alienation and indifference between the Union and its citizens is at work, illustrated by low turnout in the last European Parliament elections.
With Trump now escalating his trade war with China – and with both sides seeming to be girding for protracted competition over technological leadership – the threat is only growing.
This would result in escalating violence between Jews and Muslims within European communities.
Yet, when it comes to the escalating conflict in eastern Ukraine, the relevant external powers – that is, the US, the European Union, and Russia – are not only failing to achieve a cease-fire; they are refusing to pursue a solution that, unlike in the case of Israel and Palestine, is there for the taking.
Israel’s political system, through its complex mechanisms of rigged party selection and absolute proportionality, condemns the country to weak coalition governments and escalating corruption.
The escalating crisis of legitimacy forced the government to invent imaginative ways to justify its power.
Indeed, escalating tensions in the Middle East – particularly Iran’s nuclear ambition – is likely to incline the US to overlook Russia’s diplomatic prickliness even more.
As the war drags on, positive results are nowhere to be seen, while violence in the country is escalating.
In other words, with trade conflicts escalating, international interest rates climbing, and US-led safety nets weakening, a perfect storm is gathering on Latin America’s economic horizon.
And policymakers must explore new ways to address escalating debt, including tackling the most severely affected economies’ liquidity and solvency challenges.
Looming particularly large over the next few months are escalating geopolitical conflicts that are nearing a tipping point, beyond which lies the specter of serious systemic disruptions in the global economy.
And, of course, there is the worst-case scenario of an escalating global trade war.
A survey conducted by the American Chamber of Commerce in China reinforces concerns about the impact of escalating trade tensions on foreign investment.
Because no one country is strong enough to eliminate or subdue the others, this escalating struggle promises only years, if not decades, of war.
Given the failure to bring stability to that country or to Syria, it should be obvious that escalating a confrontation with a much larger country like Iran has little to recommend it.
It does not take into account the damage from drug-resistant illnesses outside of hospitals or the impact of escalating healthcare costs.
The US alliance was met with escalating counterforce by Russia and Iran, whose Lebanese proxy army Hezbollah is fighting alongside Assad’s government.
But now both governments appear to have recognized the growing risk of unintended conflict in the seas and airspace around the disputed territories, given the sheer concentration of naval and air assets in a limited space and the absence of effective protocols to manage incidents and prevent them from escalating.
He took unnecessary risks by escalating his war in Yemen, and now has a significant amount of civilian blood on his hands.
And China is continuing to engage in – and in some cases escalating – its territorial disputes with regional neighbors.
But steps can be taken that might at least prevent tensions from escalating further.
Both sides will need to give a little to prevent the confrontation in the streets from escalating, with the police forced to provide a substitute for a sensible policy.
The escalating situation in the Aba/Ngaba region, a heavily Tibetan area in Sichuan province where tensions have led to the imposition of unprecedented security measures, is particularly worrisome.
In the short to medium run, fiscal consolidation – whether in the form of cutting government spending or increasing revenues – results in lower output and employment, which means lower tax collection, higher deficits, and escalating debt relative to GDP.
The War Against Iraqi WomenBAGHDAD – Iraqi women’s organizations and international observers point to an escalating war against women in Iraq, aided by the widespread chaos and lawlessness under the US occupation.
To date, Iraqi officials have not been willing to deal with this escalating violence against women, or even to discuss it.
China’s War on Western ValuesCLAREMONT – The news from China these days is mostly depressing, owing to the government’s escalating crackdown on its critics.
Since January 2018, when the Trump administration announced tariffs on imported solar panels and washing machines, the year has been marked by an escalating “trade war,” waged primarily – but not exclusively – by the US against China.
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