DIPLOMACY: A Star-Studded Summit Spectacular

It was show time in Helsinki. This week's summit spectacular might be titled Goodbye to World War II. Others thought of it as Dreams of Détente. Still others would prefer to call it Much Ado About Nothing, The Grand Illusion or perhaps even The Decline of the West. A few days before the show opened, the conference received some bad reviews from critics who labeled it The Betrayal of Eastern Europe. But fortunately they will not be present at the première to put a damper on the show.

In any case, the cast...

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