| Nor can we rely on escalatory steps such as economic sanctions to pressure it as it employs dilatory and diversionary tactics to complete its final solution. |
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| Technology has made assassination, as well as escalatory and asymmetrical reprisals, easier than ever for both the geese and the ganders. |
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| The escalatory ladder is far more terrifying than it was on the eve of the millennium. |
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| Yet if he retaliates with more economic sanctions or some military move, Pyongyang might start climbing the escalatory ladder. |
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| There is an escalatory logic that leads the U. S. to take responsibility for Syria. |
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| Lebanon has been taken a hostage by these escalatory policies at the regional level. |
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| It may be recalled that Pakistan's actions in the nuclear and missile fields were at each stage in response to the escalatory steps taken by India. |
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| Thus, by linking sub-conventional actions with the nuclear riposte, Pakistan too has revealed the presence of a dangerous escalatory ladder, which might not always be easy to manage or de-link in time of crisis. |
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| While primarily intended to achieve public protection through reinforcing the voluntary approach, the guidelines incorporate the use of escalatory coercive measures only when necessary, and only as a last resort. |
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| The pattern of gradually increasing severity fits with the general image of an escalatory conflict model. |
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| The Committee stressed the need to haste the approval of the salary scale to avoid any escalatory moves which they might resort to in case of procrastination. |
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