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What if the British cabinet decided during the Austro-Serb crisis that preventing it from escalating to great power coalition warfare was a higher priority than the confidence and satisfaction of its Entente partners, and acted accordingly?

This does not require Britain to abandon concern for the European balance of power or to countenance unprovoked attacks on France or Russia. However, in acting on this decision, Britain does at least privately communicate to Russia and (and probably France) that it will not feel bound to fight Germany if Russia provokes Berlin by mobilizing, declaring war on, delivering a hard ultimatum to or invading Austria-Hungary. It also avoids making any visible military preparations that could encourage France and Russia to believe Britain will support them.

What would happen moving forward from this point, would Britain and Europe be better off or worse off? (see attached poll)
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