Guardian Weekly

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The history of international summits is a tale of missed opportunities. When the US and Europe met in Evian in 1938, with the evidence of Nazi antisemitism stunningly clear and the risk of a holocaust all too real, they turned their backs on the truth.

In 1990, as the cold war ended, Germany focused on German unification, France on European unification and the US on holding Nato together

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