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The New York Times SundayReview | News Analysis

Are Western Values Losing Their Sway?

By STEVEN ERLANGER
SEPT. 12, 2015

London — THE West is suddenly suffused with self-doubt.
Centuries of superiority and global influence appeared to reach a new summit with the collapse of the Soviet Union, as the countries, values and civilization of the West appeared to have won the dark, difficult battle with Communism.http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/sunday-review/are-western-values-losing-their-sway.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share&_r=0