Momentum builds for the closing of Guantánamo just as escalating military engagement in Afghanistan and Pakistan swells the ranks of detainees at Bagram airbase and other detention centres beyond the public eye.
Five months into Donald Trump's presidency, the U.S. is escalating military engagements in the Middle East and creating conflicts with traditional allies ― all of it punctuated by sometimes-inflammatory presidential Twitter statements.
As a second-tier military power, like the UK, France has limited means to unilaterally escalate its engagement in the war against Islamic State, not least considering the vast resources the country has committed to retaining military dominance in much of Africa.
The sit-down marks their first face-to-face encounter in nearly a year and comes amid escalating Russian military engagement in Syria.
As critics continue to fault Mr. Obama less for his administration's overall response to the spill than for what they say has been his own slow and reactive leadership style, the ultimatum to BP and the president's use of the solemn setting of the Oval Office escalate his personal engagement to a new level.
This escalated the fight.
And it risks escalating tensions with Iran — and the first tentative engagement on regional issues, after almost four decades of hostility.
Meanwhile, there is some persuasive evidence that escalating levels of Alzheimer's disease reflect a lack of active engagement of adult minds.
Speaker John A. Boehner on Tuesday demanded from the president a legal justification for the engagement and set a Friday deadline for a response, escalating the clash over whether the White House is in violation of the 1973 War Powers Act.
The clash highlighted the advantages of engagement as opposed to the risk of radicalization and escalating political violence.
