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This lecture, the final in a series of three, will consider the implications of the ongoing collapse of the U.S. diplomatic safety net. If diplomacy promotes stability and predictability, inhibits inimical change, reduces the risk that amicable states will become adversaries or that adversaries will become enemies, provides situational awareness that reduces surprise, and enables governments to respond intelligently and tactfully to trends and events, what are the likely consequences of its suspension?

War or Peace