How about raising the ante?

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

This escalation occurred without using weapons of mass destruction.

We must also note the escalation in political violence.

Furthermore, deployment of chemical weapons invites escalation.

These circumstances apply to the recent escalation of tensions in the Taiwan Strait.

We are very concerned at renewed escalation of fighting in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

If some people have interpreted this military escalation on the Gaza Strip

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

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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.

quot The Council also expresses its deep concern at the recent intensification of fighting in the area of Fizuli.

To some extent, the Mission is also important as a preventive measure to check further escalation of the conflict.

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.

In Angola we are gravely concerned at the continued escalation of fighting between UNITA and the legitimate MPLA Government.

In order to achieve a rapid political solution, it is essential to halt the sudden escalations that are complicating the situation in Somalia.

They're trained to be more restrained in the use of force than the military are.

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

We commend Prime Minister Sharon's steady commitment to disengagement in the face of a serious escalation in threats and protests from his domestic opponents.

Otherwise, we will be compelled to take whatever measures are needed to ensure the security of our personnel in the area to deal with this escalation.

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.

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

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.

The further escalation of aggression against Azerbaijan is accompanied by demagogic declarations by the Republic of Armenia regarding its non involvement in the conflict in the territory of the Azerbaijani Republic.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Azerbaijani Republic regards this most recent escalation of military activity as a further example of the naked aggression perpetrated by the Republic of Armenia against Azerbaijan.

Such a decision is conducive to creating conditions for a dangerous escalation of the war and actually undermines the peace process by encouraging the war option instead.

This escalation and the resulting deterioration of the situation fully reflect utter defiance of the international community and its decisions, as well as a blatant violation of international humanitarian law.

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.

The reductions in the numbers of deployed strategic nuclear warheads envisaged by the Treaty of Moscow represent a positive step in the process of nuclear de escalation.