Twenty Years After: How Terrorism and the World have Changed Since 9/11

The list of things that have changed after terrorists toppled the twin towers twenty years ago is long. Al Qaeda was an organization familiar only to a handful of anti-terrorism experts in the bowels of the CIA. Russia’s little-known president, Vladimir Putin, was laboring to convince Washington that it should partner with Russia against international terrorists. The U.S. military had enjoyed a decade of battlefield success in the Persian Gulf and Balkans. China’s economy was a small fraction of America’s. We face a much different world, and a changing terrorist challenge, in 2021. How should the United States deal with terrorism in the aftermath of its military withdrawal from Afghanistan? How can Washington best deal with friends and rivals abroad to secure its vital security interests today? Enjoy the Center for the National Interest’s discussion of these important questions with an all-star panel of experts. Our panelists include: • Graham T. Allison is the Douglas Dillon professor of government a