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May 22, 2020

Reflecting on Five Years in the U.S., with Finnish Amb. Kirsti Kauppi

By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend and Amb. Kirsti Kauppi

Kirsti Kauppi joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss her time as Finland’s Ambassador to the United States, Finland’s response to COVID-19, and more. Amb. Kauppi has been in her current post since 2015. She previously served as Director General of Political Affairs of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.

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