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Strategic studies

a position in which one side can raise a conflict to each higher level of violence while its opponent cannot match it, giving the first side bargaining leverage.

In strategic studies, escalation dominance refers to a position in which one side can raise a conflict to each higher level of violence while its opponent cannot match it, giving the first side bargaining leverage. This meaning comes from Kahn (1965) in On escalation.[1]

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bargaining1 fields · 2 citationsanchor · game theory conflict4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs dominance4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Kahn, H. (1965). On escalation. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9781138529120

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