June 6, 2023
A government building, decorated with European Union and Moldovan flags in Chisinau, Moldova where the Meeting of the European Political Community was hosted on on June 1.
Photo: Vadim Ghirda
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PETER YOUNG: Global summits, where countries meet to establish consensus and end with compromise
It became one of Winston Churchill’s better known maxims – “Jaw, jaw is better than war, war”. Britain’s famous Second World War leader was talking about the desirability of dialogue over destruction in the conduct of relations between states. This put the lie to accusations that he was a warmonger when the evidence showed that he opposed the use of force rather than negotiation with an aggressor in order to protect his country’s interests.
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