... each other, either directly or through an intermediatary. In peacetime, this serves to promote friendly relations between sending states and receiving states, helping to develop their economic, cultural and scientific relations. In war, diplomacy also has a vital role of ensuring successful negotiations of peace treaties and ceasefire agreements. This process is also critical in building coalitions in support of ... increased complexity of international relations, diplomacy is facing strains from many sources, bringing up the question of whether it is declining, and therefore dispensabl...

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