> On Nov 15, 2017, at 1:34 PM, Mark Blackman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Would you say that the current administrations of China, the US and Russia 
> observe diplomatic norms in general?

Yes, certainly.  It’s the exceptions that draw attention.  Which is exactly the 
purpose of the norm: to make exceptions notable.

> Possibly some norms are better than none, but I am not so sure.

This is interesting, because several people on the UKNOF list are expressing 
similar views, and in a year of working on it, we haven’t heard this from 
anyone else.  Can you expand a little?  You prefer the status-quo?  You see a 
danger in normalizing non-aggression?  What’s the danger or problem that you’re 
considering?

                                -Bill




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