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Definition of re-escalation in English English dictionary
- An instance of escalating again
After March 1968 American policy on Vietnam was all a retrograde operation, to use the military euphemism for retreat, punctuated only by Nixon’s temporary reescalations in 1970 and 1972.
- The process of escalating again
Unlike crisis escalation, crisis termination is a two-directional process in which protagonists cautiously descend the escalation ladder while simultaneously guarding against possible undetected re-escalation by one’s opponent.
re-escalation
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() re- + escalationResimler
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