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At some point, it will surely be exhausted and the chance for a negotiated settlement will be lost in an uncontrolled escalatory spiral of violence and retribution. Burns and UNTSO were confronted with the possibility that "infiltration," writ large, could generate an escalatory series of actions that might result in a re-emergence of open hostilities between the official military forces of the belligerent nations in the region. The resort to military exercises as a threatening signal to the ROC and other actors demonstrates both the resolve of Chinese leaders not to mitigate their claims and the rapid escalatory potential of this situation. |
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