II. Modes

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Modes describe the dynamic mechanisms by which elements interact and produce conflict. They include social alignment, contagion of violence, strategic negotiation, statistical laws, and asymmetric combat. In physics, a mode corresponds to a characteristic form of system evolution: diffusion, phase transition, positive feedback, self-excited process, or competition between forces. Its function is to explain how a latent tension can be transformed into organized violence, territorial expansion or prolonged war.

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