Escalation dominance

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Escalation dominance refers to a nation's ability to control the escalation ladder in a conflict, ensuring that it can escalate or de-escalate the situation to its advantage. [1]

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After the April 2024 Israeli strikes on Iran, David Ignatius of The Washington Post argued that Israel was demonstrating escalation dominance by initiating and concluding the strikes in a measured fashion. [2]

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References

  1. "Project Airforce" (PDF). Rand.org.
  2. "Opinion | The unspoken story of why Israel didn't clobber Iran". Washington Post. 2024-04-19. Archived from the original on 2024-04-20. Retrieved 2025-07-20.