ABSTRACT
According to meta-game theory, effective communications can become a substitute for time. Thus, enhancing meaningful communications during a multipolar nuclear crisis may be a very effective means of buying time during such a dangerous and dynamic event. The Secretary-General can mobilize staff members as well as the senior diplomats in the UN diplomatic community – the largest in the world – to work in teams to seek possible political, military and diplomatic means to end the crisis peacefully. During a multipolar or even regional conventional crisis, policymakers and diplomats will presumably be intensely searching for ways to control events and mitigate or even end the possibility of war. In a multipolar nuclear or regional conventional crisis, a recognized and respected third party, such as the UN Secretary-General, must attempt to enhance significant diplomatic interactions in the hopes of accelerating the discovery and implementation of a solution.
