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The Ideas Of The Year 2015
The Atlantic
|July - August 2015
A guide to the intellectual trends that, for better or worse, are informing our national conversation and shaping our lives.
The Cold War Never Really Ended
This story is from the July - August 2015 edition of The Atlantic.
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