# 9/11 and the war on terror

Source URL: https://polimeme.com/discussion/thread_077fd55b4da092a1
First seen: 2026-09-13 10:40 UTC · Latest activity: 2026-09-17 12:30 UTC
101 core pieces, 5 related pieces

## Summary

The attacks of 11 September are being revisited through their aftermath: war, surveillance, detention, and the political uses of fear. What is contested is whether that response made security stronger or left the United States, Europe, and the Middle East less safe and less free.

## Core contention

Did the post-9/11 response improve security, or did it widen the damage by deepening war, surveillance, and executive power?

## Argument map

1. The war on terror blocked closure and justice, turning 9/11 into a permanent emergency. — Matthew Petti (Reason), John Ryan (Responsible Statecraft), Natalie Orpett (Lawfare), Michel Paradis, Nick Lewin (Lawfare), Aleksandra Herzyk (Krytyka Polityczna)
2. The response made the world less safe by weakening law, restraint, and Western legitimacy. — NRC, Scott Hibbard (Responsible Statecraft), Reinhard Schulze (Journal 21), Editorial La Vanguardia (La Vanguardia), Ali Soufan (The Atlantic), Tom Nichols (The Atlantic), Maurits Berger (NRC)
3. The U.S. diverted power into Iraq, detention, and surveillance, which damaged democracy and boosted authoritarian politics. — Christian Caryl (Washington Monthly), Timothy Snyder (EUobserver), Carla Fibla (infoLibre), Cesare Alemanni (Macro), Nordic Ledger by Mika Horelli (Nordic Ledger), Michael Hirsh (Foreign Policy), Jonathan Alter (Washington Monthly), Nordic Ledger by Mika Horelli (Nordic Ledger), Maarten van Heems (NRC), Nick Gillespie (Reason), Jeh Johnson (Lawfare), Timothy Snyder (El País), László Andor, Robert Kuttner (The American Prospect), Timothy Snyder (Thinking about...), Sónia Sapage (Público), Damon Linker (Persuasion), Luke Johnson (Public Sphere), Jon Salvador (El Orden Mundial), Sohrab Ahmari (UnHerd), Matthew Yglesias (Slow Boring), RTÉ News (RTÉ Analysis and Comment), Ellen S. Bakalian (The Atlantic), Julian E. Zelizer (Foreign Policy), Fiona Harrigan (Reason), Chinmayi Sharma (Lawfare), José Enrique de Ayala (infoLibre), Paul Krugman

## Fault line

The split is over the record of the U.S. response: security gain versus strategic overreaction and legal decay.

## New element

The latest pieces focus less on the attacks themselves and more on the unfinished legal and political costs of the response, especially Guantanamo, surveillance, and presidential war powers.

## European relevance

European governments helped build the counterterrorism order and now face its legal, security, and far-right spillovers.

## Distinct theses in this debate

- The War on Terror deliberately prevented closure and justice, turning 9/11 into a permanent emergency
- The post-9/11 response made the world less safe and eroded law, restraint, and Western legitimacy
- 9/11 reshaped security, geopolitics and democracy in ways that still define the 21st century
- The September 11 attacks were a hinge point whose contingent aftermath is still underestimated
- 9/11 and the war on terror were the foreseeable result of earlier US policy and exposed Western complicity and hypocrisy.
- Bin Laden's miscalculations and Bush's Iraq diversion made the war on terror strategically damaging and politically blundering
- 9/11 failed to produce lasting anti-Muslim backlash and instead reshaped politics through unintended consequences
- The US response to 9/11, especially Iraq and Homeland Security, empowered authoritarian politics and made America less free

## Pieces

- 2026-09-17 12:30 UTC — [Jan Fingerland: Proces aneb Kafkovská dohra atentátů z 11. září](https://plus.rozhlas.cz/jan-fingerland-proces-aneb-kafkovska-dohra-atentatu-z-11-zari-9643680) — Jan Fingerland (Český rozhlas Plus (Komentáře)) [cs]
- 2026-09-11 11:00 UTC — [How the War on Terror Turned 9/11 Into a Permanently Open Wound](https://reason.com/2026/09/11/how-the-war-on-terror-turned-9-11-into-a-permanently-open-wound) — Matthew Petti (Reason) [en]
- 2026-09-10 12:00 UTC — [Commentaar Terrorismebestrijding De keiharde reactie van VS en bondgenoten op 9/11 heeft de wereld er niet veiliger op gemaakt. Integendeel zelfs Terugdenken aan 9/11 kan niet zonder te kijken naar…](https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/09/10/de-keiharde-reactie-van-vs-en-bondgenoten-op-9-11-heeft-de-wereld-er-niet-veiliger-op-gemaakt-integendeel-zelfs-a4936253) — NRC [nl]
- 2026-09-11 07:00 UTC — [Vinte e cinco anos depois das torres](https://visao.pt/opiniao/2026-09-11-vinte-e-cinco-anos-depois-das-torres) — Miguel Baumgartner (Visão) [pt]
- 2026-09-11 10:03 UTC — [We’re still underrating 9/11’s impact](https://www.slowboring.com/p/911-was-a-hinge-point-of-history) — Matthew Yglesias (Slow Boring) [en]
- 2026-09-11 12:00 UTC — [Opinie 25 jaar 9/11 De geschiedenis slaat niemand over Vijfentwintig jaar geleden vonden de terreuraanslagen in de VS plaats. Zowel de aanloop naar 9/11 als de daaropvolgende ‘war on terror’ laten…](https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/09/11/de-geschiedenis-slaat-niemand-over-a4935666) — Lotfi el Hamidi (NRC) [nl]
- 2026-09-11 09:00 UTC — [25 Years After 9/11, What Have We Learned?](https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/09/11/25-years-after-9-11-what-have-we-learned) — Christian Caryl (Washington Monthly) [en]
- 2026-09-12 09:49 UTC — [Hate didn’t win](https://www.edwest.co.uk/p/hate-didnt-win) — Ed West (Wrong Side of History) [en]
- 2026-09-11 09:58 UTC — [25 years after 9/11, have the terrorists won?](https://euobserver.com/236714/25-years-after-9-11-have-the-terrorists-won) — Timothy Snyder (EUobserver) [en]
- 2026-09-08 04:05 UTC — [25 years after 9/11, the US still doesn't know 'why they hate us'](https://responsiblestatecraft.org/911-25th-anniversary) — Scott Hibbard (Responsible Statecraft) [en]
- 2026-09-11 12:22 UTC — [Čo zmenil 11. september?](https://www.tyzden.sk/spolocnost/139002/co-zmenil-11-september) — Dávid Polák (.týždeň) [sk]
- 2026-09-11 13:56 UTC — [O 11 de Setembro e o mundo a que deu lugar](https://www.publico.pt/2026/09/11/mundo/opiniao/11-setembro-mundo-deu-lugar-2187760) — José Pedro Teixeira Fernandes (Público) [pt]
- 2026-09-10 19:57 UTC — [El 11-S que olvidamos](https://www.eldiario.es/opinion/zona-critica/11-s-olvidamos_129_13500406.html) — María Ramírez (eldiario.es) [es]
- 2026-09-11 04:00 UTC — [La larga sombra del 11S: 25 años de guerras y desestabilización en Oriente Próximo](https://www.infolibre.es/internacional/larga-sombra-11s-25-anos-guerras-desestabilizacion-oriente-proximo_1_2236110.html) — Carla Fibla (infoLibre) [es]
- 2026-09-11 07:01 UTC — [Svijet nakon 11. septembra: dan koji nije bio prekretnica](https://www.vijesti.me/kolumne/826096/svijet-nakon-11-septembra-dan-koji-nije-bio-prekretnica) — Vijesti (Vijesti — Kolumne) [sr]
- 2026-09-10 09:42 UTC — [9/11 – Dammbruch und Brandbeschleuniger](https://www.journal21.ch/artikel/9-11-dammbruch-und-brandbeschleuniger) — Reinhard Schulze (Journal 21) [de]
- 2026-09-11 06:47 UTC — [Macro \| 🕒 Il secolo dirottato 🕤](https://macroo.substack.com/p/il-secolo-dirottato) — Cesare Alemanni (Macro) [it]
- 2026-09-11 05:00 UTC — [Štefan Hríb z New Yorku: Amerika 25 rokov po](https://www.tyzden.sk/nazory/138933/stefan-hrib-z-new-yorku-amerika-25-rokov-po) — Štefan Hríb (.týždeň) [sk]
- 2026-09-13 08:02 UTC — [Epäuskon viikko New Yorkissa](https://nordicledger.substack.com/p/epauskon-viikko-new-yorkissa) — Nordic Ledger by Mika Horelli (Nordic Ledger) [en]
- 2026-09-12 00:00 UTC — [Colin Sheridan: We watched 9/11 happen. Then we forgot what the pictures were telling us](https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-41909842.html) — Colin Sheridan (Irish Examiner) [en]
- 2026-09-11 22:05 UTC — [EE.UU. honra a las víctimas del 11-S](https://www.lavanguardia.com/opinion/20260912/11632934/ee-uu-honra-victimas-11-s.html) — Editorial La Vanguardia (La Vanguardia) [es]
- 2026-09-11 12:46 UTC — [After September](https://www.liberalcurrents.com/after-september) — Samantha Hancox-Li (Liberal Currents) [en]
- 2026-09-11 06:50 UTC — [Folgen des 11. Septembers: Ein Schlussstrich unter das zwanzigste Jahrhundert](https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/folgen-des-11-september-der-krieg-kommt-in-die-staedte-201213251.html) — Andreas Kilb (FAZ) [de]
- 2026-09-10 15:00 UTC — [Syyskuun 11. päivän iskujen koko merkitys näkyy vasta nyt](https://www.hs.fi/paakirjoitukset/art-2000012262208.html) — Helsingin Sanomat [fi]
- 2026-09-11 14:30 UTC — [Why 9/11 Baffles Us 25 Years Later](https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/11/911-attacks-war-on-terror-bergen-review) — Michael Hirsh (Foreign Policy) [en]
- 2026-09-09 17:25 UTC — [The children of 9/11](https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/tv/2026/09/the-children-of-9-11) — Nicholas Harris (New Statesman) [en]
- 2026-09-11 14:31 UTC — [The Tower Stones of 9/11](https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/09/11/the-tower-stones-of-9-11) — Jonathan Alter (Washington Monthly) [en]
- 2026-09-13 08:02 UTC — [A week of disbelief in New York](https://nordicledger.substack.com/p/a-week-of-disbelief-in-new-york) — Nordic Ledger by Mika Horelli (Nordic Ledger) [en]
- 2026-09-11 12:47 UTC — [25](https://www.thelongmemo.com/p/25) — Bryan C. Del Monte (The Long Memo) [en]
- 2026-09-12 03:50 UTC — [Wegdromen kan niet meer: 25 jaar geleden maakte Al-Qaeda een einde aan ‘het einde van de geschiedenis’](https://www.wyniasweek.nl/wegdromen-kan-niet-meer-25-jaar-geleden-maakte-al-qaeda-een-einde-aan-het-einde-van-de-geschiedenis) — Bart Jan Spruyt (Wynia's Week) [nl]
- 2026-09-15 09:54 UTC — [Τρομοκρατία και πείνα](https://www.kathimerini.gr/opinion/564457987/tromokratia-kai-peina) — Newsroom (Kathimerini) [el]
- 2026-09-11 12:48 UTC — [Memento 11. septembra: New York sme my](https://www.tyzden.sk/nazory/139005/memento-11-septembra-new-york-sme-my) — Tomáš Zálešák (.týždeň) [sk]
- 2026-09-11 07:18 UTC — [25 years since 9/11, what lessons for Europe?](https://davekeating.substack.com/p/25-years-since-911-what-lessons-for) — Dave Keating (Gulf Stream Blues) [en]
- 2026-09-13 12:00 UTC — [Opinie 25 jaar 9/11 Na een kwart eeuw werd deze Malinese wielrenner alsnog slachtoffer van 9/11 Na 9/11 dachten Westerse landen vijandige dictaturen met geweld te kunnen veranderen in vriendelijke…](https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/09/13/na-een-kwart-eeuw-werd-deze-malinese-wielrenner-alsnog-slachtoffer-van-9-11-a4936265) — Maarten van Heems (NRC) [nl]
- 2026-09-10 13:31 UTC — [Der Irak in ökonomischer Disparität](https://makronom.de/25-jahre-11-september-der-irak-in-oekonomischer-disparitaet-52090) — Makronom [de]
- 2026-09-16 09:00 UTC — [Never Forgetting 9/11 Means Learning Lessons](https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/09/16/never-forgetting-9-11-means-learning-lessons) — Bill Scher (Washington Monthly) [en]
- 2026-09-10 21:00 UTC — [Americans Have Learned Virtually No Lessons From 9/11](https://reason.com/2026/09/10/americans-have-learned-virtually-no-lessons-from-9-11) — Nick Gillespie (Reason) [en]
- 2026-09-11 12:20 UTC — [America Has Forfeited Its Greatest Strength](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/09/september-11-trust-america/688580) — Ali Soufan (The Atlantic) [en]
- 2026-09-11 08:55 UTC — [Homeland Security 25 Years Later: Time to Rethink and Rebuild?](https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/homeland-security-25-years-later--time-to-rethink-and-rebuild) — Jeh Johnson (Lawfare) [en]
- 2026-09-10 17:59 UTC — [9/11: Mit „Krieg gegen den Terror“ haben USA den Iran gestärkt \[premium\]](https://www.diepresse.com/41248683/9-11-mit-krieg-gegen-den-terror-haben-usa-den-iran-gestaerkt) — Wieland Schneider (Die Presse) [de]
- 2026-09-10 17:59 UTC — [9/11: Im „Krieg gegen den Terror“ verspielten die USA ihren Status als Hypermacht \[premium\]](https://www.diepresse.com/41248683/9-11-im-krieg-gegen-den-terror-verspielten-die-usa-ihren-status-als-hypermacht) — Wieland Schneider (Die Presse) [de]
- 2026-09-11 05:30 UTC — [Kampen mot terror – fra innsiden](https://www.dagsavisen.no/debatt/kampen-mot-terror-fra-innsiden/10520383) — Kai Eide (Dagsavisen) [no]
- 2026-09-11 03:30 UTC — [¿Han ganado los terroristas tras el 11-S?](https://elpais.com/opinion/2026-09-11/han-ganado-los-terroristas-tras-el-11-s.html) — Timothy Snyder (El País) [es]
- 2026-09-11 07:18 UTC — [How 9/11 helped Israel sell its war on Palestinians to America](https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/9/11/how-9-11-helped-israel-sell-its-war-on-palestinians-to) — Yousef Munayyer (Al Jazeera Opinion) [en]
- 2026-09-13 12:57 UTC — [The 2001 Watershed](https://laszloandoreu.substack.com/p/the-2001-watershed) — László Andor [en]
- 2026-09-09 19:00 UTC — [The Legacy of 9/11: A Surveillance Society](https://prospect.org/2026/09/09/legacy-of-9-11-surveillance-society) — Robert Kuttner (The American Prospect) [en]
- 2026-09-11 10:00 UTC — [A Quarter Century of Pain](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/09/anniversary-war-on-terror/688571) — Tom Nichols (The Atlantic) [en]
- 2026-09-10 12:01 UTC — [Helping the Terrorists to Win](https://snyder.substack.com/p/helping-the-terrorists-to-win) — Timothy Snyder (Thinking about...) [en]
- 2026-09-10 22:01 UTC — [Os EUA no mundo 25 anos depois do 11 de Setembro](https://www.publico.pt/2026/09/10/opiniao/editorial/eua-mundo-25-anos-11-setembro-2187620) — Sónia Sapage (Público) [pt]
- 2026-09-11 10:40 UTC — [9/11 Changed Our Politics](https://www.persuasion.community/p/911-changed-our-politics) — Damon Linker (Persuasion) [en]
- 2026-09-11 16:34 UTC — [How the U.S. Response to 9/11 Led to the Second Trump Term](https://publicsphere.news/p/how-the-us-response-to-911-led-to) — Luke Johnson (Public Sphere) [en]
- 2026-09-11 05:00 UTC — [¿Es hoy el mundo más inseguro que antes del 11S?](https://elordenmundial.com/mundo-inseguro-guerra-terror-terrorismo-11s) — Juan Rivas (El Orden Mundial) [es]
- 2026-09-10 14:52 UTC — [Trump, el hijo del 11S](https://elordenmundial.com/trump-hijo-11s) — Jon Salvador (El Orden Mundial) [es]
- 2026-09-10 09:52 UTC — [25 Jahre nach dem 11. September: Wer Politik über das Gedenken stellt, lässt die Terroristen gewinnen](https://www.tagesspiegel.de/internationales/25-jahre-nach-dem-11-september-wer-politik-uber-das-gedenken-stellt-lasst-die-terroristen-gewinnen-16025106.html) — Helena Wittlich (Tagesspiegel) [de]
- 2026-09-11 17:29 UTC — [9/11 e uma Aliança Atlântica em crise](https://eco.sapo.pt/opiniao/9-11-e-uma-alianca-atlantica-em-crise) — Ana Marcela (ECO) [pt]
- 2026-09-11 03:44 UTC — [How America became the Middle East](https://unherd.com/2026/09/americas-awful-post-9-11-remake) — Sohrab Ahmari (UnHerd) [en]
- 2026-09-08 04:05 UTC — [Why 9/11 mastermind KSM still awaiting trial after a quarter century](https://responsiblestatecraft.org/9-11-trial-guantanamo-bay) — John Ryan (Responsible Statecraft) [en]
- 2026-09-14 16:00 UTC — [25 Years of Mass Surveillance Is Enough](https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/25-years-of-mass-surveillance-is-enough) — Cindy Cohn, Bruce Schneier (Lawfare) [en]
- 2026-09-13 10:58 UTC — [Eylül 11 2001: “Konuşabilir miyiz, konuşmalı mıyız, yoksa konuşmamalı mıyız?”](https://serbestiyet.com/gunun-yazilari/eylul-11-2001-konusabilir-miyiz-konusmali-miyiz-yoksa-konusmamali-miyiz-248590) — Waseem Ahmad Siddiqui (Serbestiyet) [tr]
- 2026-09-10 09:02 UTC — [The 9/11 attacks and the crisis of global liberalism](https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-911-attacks-and-the-crisis-of) — Matthew Yglesias (Slow Boring) [en]
- 2026-09-11 02:00 UTC — [9/11 \| 25 Jahre nach 9/11: Dieser Satz aus einem geheimen Al-Qaida-Handbuch könnte von Trump sein](https://www.freitag.de/autoren/der-freitag/25-jahre-nach-9-11-wie-donald-trump-die-ruinen-von-ground-zero-fuer-sich-nutzt) — Georgiana Banita (der Freitag) [de]
- 2026-09-11 13:00 UTC — [Ondřej Konrád: Ozvěny pádu „Dvojčat“ v Čechách](https://plus.rozhlas.cz/ondrej-konrad-ozveny-padu-dvojcat-v-cechach-9642429) — Ondřej Konrád (Český rozhlas Plus (Komentáře)) [cs]
- 2026-09-12 10:12 UTC — [Il «trauma storico collettivo» dell'11 settembre](https://www.corriere.it/opinioni/26_settembre_12/il-trauma-storico-collettivo-dell-11-settembre-a32aad00-8df9-4023-8862-958168d15xlk.shtml) — Valentine Lomellini (Corriere della Sera) [it]
- 2026-09-11 06:00 UTC — [Trump's Iran campaign echoes the post-9/11 'forever wars'](https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2026/0911/1591110-trump-911-analysis) — RTÉ News (RTÉ Analysis and Comment) [en]
- 2026-09-12 07:49 UTC — [9/11 at 25: How the ‘War on Terror’ helped mainstream Europe’s far right](https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/9/12/9-11-at-25-how-the-war-on-terror-helped-mainstream-europes-far) — Farid Hafez (Al Jazeera Opinion) [en]
- 2026-09-09 11:00 UTC — [The Anniversary I Wish I Didn’t Share With My Husband](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/09/september-11-widow-museum/688502) — Ellen S. Bakalian (The Atlantic) [en]
- 2026-09-13 13:00 UTC — [Misunderstanding 9/11](https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/misunderstanding-9-11) — Daniel Byman (Lawfare) [en]
- 2026-09-14 05:58 UTC — [How Congress Empowered Presidential War-Making After 9/11](https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/14/aumf-presidential-war-powers-bush-9-11) — Julian E. Zelizer (Foreign Policy) [en]
- 2026-09-11 18:02 UTC — [CIA role in 9/11 plot omitted in new revelations of Saudi role](https://thegrayzone.substack.com/p/cia-role-in-911-plot-omitted-in-new) — The Grayzone [en]
- 2026-09-11 16:15 UTC — [How 9/11 Remade American Immigration](https://reason.com/2026/09/11/how-9-11-remade-american-immigration) — Fiona Harrigan (Reason) [en]
- 2026-09-11 08:55 UTC — [Ordinary Origins: How 9/11 Built Today's Immigration Enforcement Machine](https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/ordinary-origins--how-9-11-built-today's-immigration-enforcement-machine) — Chinmayi Sharma (Lawfare) [en]
- 2026-09-11 15:50 UTC — [A Somali Man With No Serious Criminal Record Is Spending 9/11 in Detention at Guantanamo Bay](https://reason.com/2026/09/11/a-somali-man-with-no-serious-criminal-record-is-spending-9-11-in-detention-at-guantanamo-bay) — Eric Boehm (Reason) [en]
- 2026-09-14 18:49 UTC — [9/11’s Legacy of Torture](https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/9-11-s-legacy-of-torture) — Natalie Orpett (Lawfare) [en]
- 2026-09-10 10:00 UTC — [What the Aftermath of 9/11 Taught Me](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/09/9-11-first-responders-care/688554) — Hillary Rodham Clinton (The Atlantic) [en]
- 2026-09-08 22:13 UTC — [Editor's Notes: You, Too, Can Forget 9/11](https://www.liberalcurrents.com/editors-notes-you-too-can-forget-9-11) — Jason Briggeman (Liberal Currents) [en]
- 2026-09-11 05:00 UTC — [Cosa resta de “La rabbia e l’orgoglio” di Oriana Fallaci: non ha predetto ma plasmato il futuro](https://www.editorialedomani.it/idee/cultura/oriana-fallaci-cosa-resta-rabbia-orgoglio-non-ha-predetto-ma-plasmato-futuro-dhxsou4c) — Mariano Croce (Domani) [it]
- 2026-09-11 11:30 UTC — [Roman Joch: Čtvrtstoletí od 11. září 2001](https://plus.rozhlas.cz/roman-joch-ctvrtstoleti-od-11-zari-2001-9642346) — Roman Joch (Český rozhlas Plus (Komentáře)) [cs]
- 2026-09-11 04:00 UTC — [25 años de un crimen que cambió el mundo](https://www.infolibre.es/opinion/ideas-propias/25-anos-crimen-cambio-mundo_129_2236133.html) — José Enrique de Ayala (infoLibre) [es]
- 2026-09-12 11:40 UTC — [„Osama byłby zadowolony”. Afganistan znów jest centrum globalnego dżihadyzmu](https://krytykapolityczna.pl/swiat/wtc-terroryzm-afganistan-al-kaida-talibowie) — Beata Błaszczyk (Krytyka Polityczna) [pl]
- 2026-09-01 23:23 UTC — [25 depois do 11 de Setembro](https://observador.pt/opiniao/25-depois-do-11-de-setembro) — Jorge Fernandes (Observador) [pt]
- 2026-09-07 23:04 UTC — [America is still fighting the wrong war](https://unherd.com/2026/09/america-is-still-fighting-the-wrong-war) — Robert D. Kaplan (UnHerd) [en]
- 2026-09-11 10:31 UTC — [The Long Decline of America](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-long-decline-of-america) — Paul Krugman [en]
- 2026-09-11 08:55 UTC — [The Unexpected Emergence of the EU as a U.S. Counterterrorism Partner](https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-unexpected-emergence-of-the-eu-as-a-u.s.-counterterrorism-partner) — Kenneth Propp (Lawfare) [en]
- 2026-09-10 12:00 UTC — [Opinie rechtsstaat De verkeerde reactie op 9/11 De westerse reactie op de terroristische aanslagen in de VS heeft de rechtsstatelijkheid uitgehold, en moslims ten onrechte in het verdomhoekje gezet.…](https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/09/10/de-verkeerde-reactie-op-9-11-a4936260) — Maurits Berger (NRC) [nl]
- 2026-09-12 12:00 UTC — [The invisible border — how 9/11 reshaped global security and identity 25 years later](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-12-the-invisible-border-how-911-reshaped-global-security-and-identity-25-years-later) — Claudia Pizzocri (Daily Maverick Opinionista) [en]
- 2026-09-11 23:05 UTC — [The cinema of 9/11](https://unherd.com/2026/09/the-cinema-of) — David Thomson (UnHerd) [en]
- 2026-09-10 22:30 UTC — [Se seca el pozo](https://www.lavanguardia.com/opinion/20260911/11631970/seca-pozo.html) — Immaculada Monsó Fornell (La Vanguardia) [es]
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- 2026-09-14 13:02 UTC — [Erinnerung an 9/11 - Selbst Mamdani ist differenzierter als der deutsche ÖRR](https://www.cicero.de/aussenpolitik/erinnerung-an-911-selbst-mamdani-ist-differenzierter-als-der-deutsche-orr) — Jan Uphoff (Cicero) [de]
- 2026-09-12 08:44 UTC — [Get the Middle East out of my politics!](https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/get-the-middle-east-out-of-my-politics) — Noah Smith (Noahpinion) [en]
- 2026-09-10 15:22 UTC — [The Lost Journalistic World of 9/11](https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/09/10/the-lost-journalistic-world-of-9-11-3) — Matthew Cooper (Washington Monthly) [en]
- 2026-09-10 20:48 UTC — [Bush Understood Something Trump Doesn’t](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/09/bush-trump-mamdani-giuliani-islam/688582) — Jonathan Chait (The Atlantic) [en]
- 2026-09-10 13:19 UTC — [Der King und der Teufel \[premium\]](https://www.diepresse.com/41250067/der-king-und-der-teufel) — Thomas Vieregge (Die Presse) [de]
- 2026-09-11 08:55 UTC — [Justice in the 9/11 Case is Long Overdue](https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/justice-in-the-9-11-case-is-long-overdue) — Michel Paradis, Nick Lewin (Lawfare) [en]
- 2026-09-11 05:35 UTC — [25 Jahre nach 9/11: Terror ächten!](https://www.ruhrbarone.de/25-jahre-nach-9-11-terror-aechten/266125) — Thomas Wessel (Ruhrbarone) [de]
- undated — [África não é Las Vegas: o “novo” jihadismo](https://observador.pt/opiniao/africa-nao-e-las-vegas-o-novo-jihadismo) — Manuel Castello Branco (Observador) [pt]
- 2026-09-07 16:37 UTC — [Sind Europäer Trittbrettfahrer, Saudis Unschuldslämmer?](https://www.journal21.ch/artikel/sind-europaeer-trittbrettfahrer-saudis-unschuldslaemmer-0) — Erich Gysling (Journal 21) [de]
- 2026-09-12 05:05 UTC — [25 lat po WTC: Czy tortury mają sens?](https://krytykapolityczna.pl/swiat/tortury-nie-dzialaja-wojna-z-terroryzmem-cia) — Aleksandra Herzyk (Krytyka Polityczna) [pl]
- 2026-09-07 04:28 UTC — [25 Years After 9/11, What Are We Failing to Imagine Now?](https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/07/9-11-failure-of-imagination-new-terrorist-technologies) — Colin P. Clarke and Clara Broekaert (Foreign Policy) [en]
- 2026-08-31 13:25 UTC — [It’s Time to Rein in Trump’s ‘Wars on Terror’](https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/08/31/trump-terror-congress-drone-strikes-drugs-international-law) — Brian Finucane (Foreign Policy) [en]

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