The phrase "mutual provocation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where two parties provoke each other, often leading to conflict or tension.
Example: "The ongoing conflict between the two nations was marked by mutual provocation, escalating tensions on both sides."
Alternatives: "reciprocal provocation" or "bilateral provocation".
Is it possible that NATO military exercises might themselves be perceived as provocative — and thus feed into a loop of mutual provocation and suspicion?I have real impatience with that argument.
Sid was arrested for murder but it was very unlikely that he would have deliberately killed her: it was probably a case of mutual provocation resulting in a stabbing, compounded by negligence.
Consequently, a debate has emerged in which I think each side has something to learn from the other and mutual provocation promises to improve the quality of each 'ism', including requiring IC to express itself as a political theory and not just in terms of policies and empirical studies in relation to say, education, the creative industries or urban governance.
In early 2009, after a brief truce between Israel and Hamas collapsed in a series of mutual provocations, Israel carried out Operation Cast Lead, an incursion into Gaza in which nearly fourteen hundred Palestinians were killed, along with thirteen Israelis.
Thus Foucault later explains that instead 'of an essential antagonism, it would be better to speak of an "agonism"'a– 'a relationship that is at the same time mutual incitement and struggle; less of a face-to-face confrontation that paralyses both sides than a permanent provocation' (Foucault, 2002e[1982]: 342002e[1982]
It is hard to see how Jewish and Arab citizens can escape the cycle of mutual distrust and provocation as long as the occupation continues to structure Israel's political discourse.
The provocation proved provocative.
Besides, those of us seeking mutual understanding will have to be ready for the multiple obstacles and innumerable provocations that dissenters on either side will execute to make this recently begun process a failure.
"We will strongly retaliate against North Korean provocations, but if North Korea accepts change and joins us in dialogue, we will try to build mutual trust for co-prosperity," Ms. Park told Mr. Kerry, according to an account provided by her office.
