This September marks 25 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks that killed thousands of Americans and launched the United States into the 20-year War on Terror. SIS professor and foreign policy expert Greg Aftandilian joins Big World to reflect on how 9/11 changed the U.S.’s approach to foreign policy and assess what America has learned from the War on Terror.
Topics Covered:
The legacy of 9/11 on U.S. foreign policy
Successes and failures from the War on Terror
The impact of increased Islamophobia and xenophobia post-9/11
How terrorism and extremism changed after 9/11
What the U.S. learned from the War on Terror
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Big World is an international affairs podcast produced by the School of International Service at American University in Washington, DC.
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