Commentary
The 9/11 Reading List
Reviews of key books on issues emerging from the attacks of 11 September 2001.
 How the US learned counterinsurgency
By Lt Col John Nagl After learning painful lessons in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US has become the most capable counterinsurgency force in history.
 The End of Twentieth-Century Warfare
By Professor Anne-Marie SlaugtherThe way the US is choosing to fight its wars is changing; no longer can states 'win wars' using traditional methods of warfare.
 How the UK managed counter-terrorism after 9/11
By Sir David Omand, UK Security and Intelligence Co-ordinatorThe development of an effective UK counter-terrorism strategy after 9/11 has shown a distinctive British approach to security which has succeeded in managing threats to the UK and interests abroad.
 A Decade of Change?
By Professor Jack SpenceThere is something new and distinctive in the the way the West has responded to the 'new' threats of international terrorism but it is not a fundamental shift.
 The Lost Opportunity of Countering China
By Professor Aaron L FriedbergAfter 9/11 US policy planners turned their attention away from hypothetical conflicts in Asia to the real wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
 The Limits of American Might
By Stephen Fidler, Wall Street JournalMost people outside the US failed to understand how 9/11 was a shock to the American psyche.
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The 9/11 Decade and the Challenges Ahead

RUSI Analysis, 6 Sep 2011 By Professor Michael Clarke, Director General

Professor Michael Clarke, Director-General, RUSI, outlines the milestones of the last decade since the attacks of 11 September 2001.

9/11 Retrospectives

This commentary is part of a series of contributions from eminent policymakers, academics and commentators offering their thoughts on the significance of 9/11.
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PLUS: The RUSI JOURNAL

The latest RUSI Journal reflects on some of the strategic and tactical conundrums that have been faced over the last decade:  the problematic ally that is Pakistan, fighting insurgency in Sangin, building economies after conflict, and assessing the British decision to go into Helmand.

Michael Clarke and Valentina Soria on the UK in Afghanistan

Alexander Evans on Pakistan and the Shadow of 9/11

 

 



Further Analysis: The decade after 9/11, Terrorism, July 7 Bombings

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