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It is because Indian generals, politicians and diplomats can't figure out a way to strike back against Pakistan without starting an escalatory ladder, Riedel said.

Expert Says US Should Help Revive India-Pakistan Peace Talks 2011

Such a campaign will be less effective than "Cold Start"—air campaigns tend to accomplish little on their own—and more escalatory.

Pakistan's Strategic Myopia Michael Mazza 2011

Sunday's Security Council statement condemned what it called “the escalatory military operations being conducted by the Sudanese Armed Forces,” and it warned against any attempt to manipulate “events on the ground” for political gain.

Sudan Government Cancels UN Meetings, Captures Disputed Abyei Town 2011

And, of course, the talk for 2011 is how to expand the American ground war -- the air version of the same has already been on a sharp escalatory trajectory -- in Pakistan.

Tom Engelhardt: The Urge to Surge: Washington's 30-Year High Tom Engelhardt 2011

Sunday's Security Council statement condemned what it called “the escalatory military operations being conducted by the Sudanese Armed Forces,” and it warned against any attempt to manipulate “events on the ground” for political gain.

Sudan Government Cancels UN Meetings, Captures Disputed Abyei Town 2011

Responding in kind this time also could spark a dangerous escalatory spiral with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Doug Bandow: Let the Koreans Take Care of the Koreas 2010

If the Cheonan was sunk by a North Korean torpedo, it will stand as an escalatory fait accompli that South Korea will find very difficult to ignore, especially as domestic pressure rises in the South, and international pressure ramps up in the region.

Jeff Schneider: The Korean Maritime Crisis Goes Suicidal: Damn the Torpedos? 2010

If the Cheonan was sunk by a North Korean torpedo, it will stand as an escalatory fait accompli that South Korea will find very difficult to ignore, especially as domestic pressure rises in the South, and international pressure ramps up in the region.

The Korean Maritime Crisis Goes Suicidal: Damn the Torpedos? 2010

Responding in kind this time also could spark a dangerous escalatory spiral with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Let the Koreans Take Care of the Koreas 2010

However, North Korea may have finally become too zealous in their escalatory tactics in the Western Sea.

Jeff Schneider: The Korean Maritime Crisis Goes Suicidal: Damn the Torpedos? 2010