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The decade after 9/11

Analysis of the fateful attacks that took place on 11 September 2001 and its ramifications.

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NYT Bin Laden Headline Analysis: Bin Laden's Death, One Year On: Has the Threat Receded? 2 May 2012 by Valentina Soria
Osama Bin Laden's death has only marginally diminished the threat from Al-Qa'ida: underscoring the symbolic relevance, rather than the strategic significance of his demise. The challenge emanates from dispersed, unconnected networks and a pernicious ideology which - though marginalised in the Arab Spring - still has potency in certain dispossessed quarters. Terrorism The decade after 9/11 Al-Qa'ida
Foley_IC Reform RUSI Newsbrief: Planning Permission: US Intelligence Community Reform, 2001-11 23 Nov 2011
In the wake of 9/11, the US Intelligence Community came under unprecedented pressure to reform, yet this process has failed to understand and correct some of its most fundamental weaknesses. Terrorism The decade after 9/11 United States Americas
Khan_Aid and Losses RUSI Newsbrief: US Aid, Pakistani Losses and the War on Terror 23 Nov 2011
US economic and military aid to Pakistan has long been tied to its strategic objectives in the region, offering no ‘special treatment’ and leaving Pakistan’s economic situation increasingly unsustainable. The decade after 9/11 Terrorism The War on Terror Pakistan Central and South Asia United States Americas
Valentina Soria Analysis: No Dirty Wars on Terror: The Imperative of 'Ethical Intelligence' 12 Sep 2011 by Valentina Soria
Caught off guard in 9/11, intelligence agencies have had to increase their interaction with public opinion demanding more protection of their societies. With it has come an understanding that intelligence work should abide by better transparency and an agreed code of conduct. Terrorism The decade after 9/11
Tobias Feakin Analysis: September 2011 - 10 Years of a 'Morphing Threat' 11 Sep 2011 by Dr Tobias Feakin
Since the 9/11 attacks, the group responsible has lost its main leader, decentralised itself but has kept its message alive. Western governments should continue to pursue the omnipresent threat, but it should deal lightly with the message itself - which is adequately being challenged organically by the Arab Spring. The decade after 9/11 Terrorism
911 reading list Analysis: The 9/11 Reading List 10 Sep 2011
Reviews of key books on issues emerging from the attacks of 11 September 2001 The decade after 9/11 Terrorism
Michael Clarke Analysis: The 9/11 Decade and the Challenges Ahead 6 Sep 2011 by Professor Michael Clarke
Professor Michael Clarke, Director-General, RUSI, outlines the milestones of the last decade since the attacks of 11 September 2001. The decade after 9/11 Terrorism July 7 Bombings
Esposito Analysis: Post 9/11 and the Need for a New Narrative in West-Muslim World Relations 6 Sep 2011
American and European policymakers need to construct a new foreign policy framework and narrative if they are to improve the fractured relationship with the Muslim world after 9/11. The decade after 9/11 Terrorism Middle East and North Africa
Stephen Fidler Analysis: The Limits of American Might 2 Sep 2011
By Stephen Fidler, Wall Street Journal
Most people outside the US failed to understand how 9/11 was a shock to the American psyche. Now after two wars and a financial crisis the supremacy of US power is being questioned more than ever.
The decade after 9/11 Terrorism United States Americas
Jack Spence Analysis: A Decade of Change? 2 Sep 2011
By Professor Jack Spence
There 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 decade after 9/11 Terrorism International Responses Counter-insurgency Global Security Issues
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