Includes bibliographical references and index.

A Challenging Time for Peace and Conflict Diplomacy / Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson and Pamela Aall -- Grasping Global Problems by Root or by Branch / Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson and Pamela Aall -- International Organization Perspectives on the Instruments of Diplomacy and Conflict Management / Jean Marie Guéhenno -- U.S. Peace and Conflict Diplomacy in a State-Centric World / Hans Binnendijk -- Europe / Ana Palacio -- A View from Russia on Diplomacy and Conflict Management / Dmitri Trenin -- Peace and Conflict Diplomacy in Latin America / Marcos Tourinho -- African Peace and Conflict Diplomacy in Uncertain Times / Solomon Dersso -- Resilient Statism in a Changing Middle East / Shadi Hamid -- Southern Asia's Realist Future/ Kanti Bajpai -- Can ASEAN'S Institutions Do Preventive Diplomacy? / See Seng Tan -- Sino-American Interactions, Past and Future / Chas W. Freeman, Jr -- The Future of UN Peacekeeping and the Rise of China / Lise Morjé Howard -- Nuclear Nonproliferation at a Crossroads / Toby Dalton -- Great Power Rivalries in 5G Technology Markets / Stacie Hoffman, Samantha Bradshaw, and Emily Taylor -- Terrorism and the Decay of the Liberal Order / Daniel Benjamin -- Diplomacy and World Order / Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson, and Pamela Aall.

"Diplomacy in pursuit of peace and security faces severe challenges not seen in decades. Obstacles to diplomacy are coming from the re-emergence of strong states, discord in the UN Security Council, destabilizing transnational non-state actors, closing space for civil society within states, and the weakening of the international liberal order. Diplomacy and the Future of World Order develops three visions of the future in which states and other key actors in the international system respond by deciding to go it alone, return to a liberal order, or collaborate on a case-by-case basis to address common threats and problems. The central focus of this book is peace and conflict diplomacy, defined as the effort to manage others' conflicts, cope with great power competition, or deal with threats to the state system itself. The distinguished international group of experts writing in this volume analyze the different scenarios' impact on peace and conflict diplomacy from the perspective of key actors and regions. It also explores the prospects for discord or collaboration around four major security issues-peacekeeping, nuclear nonproliferation, cyber competition, and terrorism. Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson, and Pamela Aall conclude by identifying emerging types of diplomacy that can provide the foundation for global peacemaking and conflict management in an uncertain future"--