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The United States and the USSR. The nationalists and the unionists in Ireland. Israel and Palestine. History is rife with stories of conflict that grew progressively more heated and destructive over the course of generations.
Such conflicts can escalate and spread because the parties involved show favoritism toward members of their own group at the expense … Read Chain reactions: How observers escalate conflict 
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