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horizontal escalation: a standalone construct

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Strategic studies

widening a conflict by striking an adversary in another theater or region instead of intensifying the fighting where it began.

In strategic studies, horizontal escalation refers to widening a conflict by striking an adversary in another theater or region instead of intensifying the fighting where it began. This meaning comes from Epstein (1983) in International Security.[1]

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conflict4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs security3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Epstein, J. M. (1983). Horizontal Escalation: Sour Notes of a Recurrent Theme. International Security, 8(3), 19. https://doi.org/10.2307/2538698

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