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nonkinetic operations.... Central to this process was careful consideration of how escalation

crises were being accorded enough attention.“ I need to be blunt and honest that the world is not

three crises, each quite distinct in its origins, but whose consequences are intertwined, writes Valdai

The attacks were a significant escalation between Israel’s new government and Hezbollah, and comes

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, violence would begin rapidly escalating between Israelis and Palestinians, lighting up telephone lines

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provided the excuse the Modi government has been looking for to escalate its warmongering