Council on Foreign Relations
The attacks of September 11 set in motion sweeping changes to U.S. intelligence, launched two major wars, and altered Americans’ daily routines. Explore the timeline of the twenty years since 9/11
Richard N. Haass
In hindsight, we can now see that 9/11 was a harbinger of what was to come: not the globalization of terrorism but the terrors of globalization. The attacks conveyed the message that distance and borders count for little in a global age. Read the column
Steven A. Cook
Members of Egypt’s jihadi movement played important roles in inspiring and plotting the 9/11 attacks, and Egypt still struggles with some of the factors that gave rise to such extremism. Read the brief
Experts predict that most new Afghan refugees will flee to neighboring Iran and Pakistan, where hundreds of thousands of Afghans already reside. Get the quick take
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