As global economies sink into bankruptcy, sabre rattling may on occasion be used to distract the populace, but in the main current trends become more pronounced.

由于全球经济陷入破产，战争叫嚣偶尔会被用来转移大众的注意力，但大体上当前的趋势变得更加显著。

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The conflicts are linked; Pakistan has moved troops from its western tribal regions to the east in response to Indian sabre-rattling.

冲突一触即发。巴基斯坦已经从其西部部落地区调派军力到达东部，作为对印度军事响动的回应。

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Mr Ivanov was more in tune with Mr Putin's anti-Western sabre-rattling.

伊万诺夫更是与普京反西方的武力炫耀姿态一唱一和。

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There will be plenty of tub thumping and sabre rattling but, when all the dust has settled and the conference season is only a memory, things will undoubtedly change.

BBC: By Nick Assinder

Expect more sabre rattling over the Strait of Hormuz to grab the headlines, and far more seriously, Iraq to take a significant turn for the worse through Shia cross-border meddling.

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The cost of this has been dropping steadily since 2000 even as Iranian sabre-rattling gets louder.

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