LOS ANGELES: Russia and NATO have each been staging military exercises designed to confront a threat from the other, raising the danger of an accidental collision or misunderstanding that could provoke actual war, European security analysts warn.

Russia and the Western military alliance have increased the scope and frequency of war games and conducted many in the sensitive border areas where they are seen as provocation, the London-based European Leadership Network concludes in a report made public Wednesday: “Preparing for the Worst: Are Russian and NATO Military Exercises Making War in Europe more Likely?”

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