Re-Interrogating 9/11: A 25th Anniversary Debate

To commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Aimen and Thomas take a deeper, wider look at the historical, ideological, and geopolitical context on either side of that momentous world-changing event.

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Aimen and Thomas discuss:

Was 9/11 an ending as well as a beginning?

The myth of the peaceful 1990s

America inherited a geopolitical mess after the USSR's collapse

America as a revolutionary power

Could preserving Middle Eastern monarchies have prevented later disasters?

Al-Qaeda and liberal globalisation

Jihadism amid the wreckage of earlier promises

Was the War on Terror a rupture or an acceleration?

Bin Laden’s selective use of history