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strategy of tension

policy wherein governments or groups within a government allow or encourage extremist groups to perform attacks, e.g. allegedly in Italy during 1968–1982, when far-left and far-right groups performed bombings
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Summary

strategy of tension is a political strategy[1]. It draws 2,572 Wikipedia views per month (political strategy category, ranking #5 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Italy[3]
  • Subclass of: public policy[4], accelerationism[5]
  • Topic's main category: Q9284084[6]
  • Time period: Years of Lead[7]

Why It Matters

strategy of tension has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

Italy public policy

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Janik98 · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Time period → Years of Lead
    Treccani's dizionario di storia id → strategia-della-tensione
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bg', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'ku', 'nl', 'no', '
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