Pre existing tensions have inevitably played a large part in the current flare up. But is the EU s budget calculation method also at fault?

They're trained to think more, to try and de escalate.

This escalation occurred without using weapons of mass destruction.

Furthermore, deployment of chemical weapons invites escalation.

China expresses its concern about the recent escalation of violent clashes between Israelis and Palestinians.

(a) Substantial reductions of tariffs, the rolling back of tariff peaks and the removal of tariff escalation

More threats will only push the international community further along the spiral of escalation and, possibly, into military action.

The warfare caused negative impact on economic growth, especially the large scale Tet Offensive in 1968.

Following the gradual increase in the violence of the last 10 days, Israel is taking more forceful action.

Despite the alarming escalation in violence, fears of civil war in Kenya are probably exaggerated.

A number of governments have taken the decision to expel Syrian ambassadors in protest at the escalation of violence.

Okinawan police were able to remove the American driver safely from the scene, but the confrontation continued to escalate.

After all, the recent military escalation in the region is at least partly due to that strategy.

In the run up to the Iraq invasion, the Bush administration rejected containment as an obsolete Cold War hangover.

The recent escalation of violence along Gaza s border with Israel does suggest that events are developing in a dangerous direction.

Many commentators on the Iraq War began, by the end of 2006, to refer to this violent escalation as a civil war.

If the six governments want to avoid the escalation spiral and curb the proliferation dynamic, they need to change strategy and objective.

Some of Kennedy s most ardent admirers still like to believe that he would have prevented the escalation of the Vietnam War had he lived longer.

His whole monastery was thrown into prison at the time of the uprising, when the Dalai Lama had to leave Tibet.

In the recent period, the Georgian authorities have sought repeatedly to focus the attention of the world community on the escalated situation in Abkhazia, Georgia.

The recent Israeli escalation has dealt a real blow to peace efforts at all levels and has weakened our hopes for achieving substantive progress in the peace process.

Nuclear terrorism, a slowdown in China, or a sharp escalation of violence in the Middle East could all blow the lid off the current economic dynamic.

With one third of the Palestinians Hamas led government now under arrest by Israel, the escalation in Israeli Palestinian relations has moved beyond military confrontation.

To fail would risk igniting a severe political backlash, including a spontaneous escalation of anti regime activities.

As in many wars, a staged escalation in a financial crisis often leads to the worst possible outcome a defeat with large losses.

The dependence of momentum on internet communication is far greater in Libya than in Egypt where protests began in Cairo itself.

The Balkan Wars were followed by a rapid escalation between Greece and the Ottoman Empire over the as yet unclear status of the islands of the Eastern Aegean.

Moreover, most recent inflammatory statements made by terrorist leaders operating in Lebanon risk further escalations and could jeopardize the stability of the region as a whole.

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Their patrons in the region and internationally Saudi Arabia, the United States, Syria, and Iran are also more interested in negotiation than escalation at this point.

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