Meaning of re-escalation | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The process of escalating again.
   uncountable
2. An instance of escalating again.
   countable

Examples

“In the opinion of His Majesty’s Government it is most important for political and other reasons that some limit⟳ should be fixed now, and it seems to them desirable, while avoiding any excessive increase⟳, to fix⟳ a limit⟳ at such a level that reescalation is unlikely to be required again in the Capital Ships category during the period of the Treaty.”

“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.”

“Soviet deception may increase⟳ the likelihood of undetected non-compliance, although it also risks a re-escalation of the crisis.”

“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.”

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