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Diplomacy briefing— Global
Preface
We meet the Finnish ambassador to Italy and find out why Peru is setting up shop in the Middle East.
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01Petri Tumoi-Nikula
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02Petri Tumoi-Nikula's home
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03Game of Gulf
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