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According to this approach, “events could be compared along behavioural dimensions, such as whether positive or negative a ect was being displayed, or what instruments of statecraft (e.g., diplomatic, military, economics, etc.) were used in the in uence attempt, or what level of commitment of resources was evident”, and thus behaviour as disparate as a war, a treaty, and a state visit can be compared and aggregated in a theoretically meaningful fashion