In July 2016, David Sims described the path from Pokémon Red and Blue to Pokémon Go.
The year you were born, Robert D. Kaplan wrote about the troubling long-term prospects for democracy in a post-Cold War world.
In April 2008, Clive Crook took a critical lens to the Kyoto Protocol and what it means for the future of environmental protocols.
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The conflicts and displacements touched off around the world by the attacks have been reverberating for the majority of your life. “This ‘war’ [on terrorism] will never be over,” wrote James Fallows, a few years after the towers fell.
In August 2015, Kalev H. Leetaru considered whether Twitter was living up to its lofty aspirations.
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Pretty Little Liars premiered in 2010.
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When 26-year-old Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire, he ignited a tinderbox of protests that continue to roil the Middle East, and kindled the beginnings of democracy in Tunisia.
Just days after the launch, Robinson Meyer wrote about how its online broadcast made it into a cultural event.
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In the July/August 2016 issue of the magazine, Meghan O'Rourke wrote about the history of athleticism and American gymnastics.
In May 2012, Stewart M. Patrick wrote about the Intelligence Community's report on global water scarcity, and the plan to combat it.
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