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Feb 2023
25m 29s

This Is Not Your Parents' Cold War

THE ATLANTIC
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It’s been a year since Russia invaded Ukraine, and the war continues. Staff writer Tom Nichols, an expert on nuclear weapons and the Cold War, counsels Americans how to think about what comes next? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 
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