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Considering the increased peril that their lives are in, diplomats hardly enjoy hearing that their embassies and their duties are not as important as they once were. But a growing number of critics believe that many of the traditional forms and norms of diplomacy?and the role of the ambassador???are already not only out of date but possibly obsolescent. Italy's Ducci goes so far as to raise the possibility of abolishing permanent missions and replacing them with special roving legates, not unlike those of the 16th century. "An exchange of embassies between friendly countries is at worst superfluous...
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