Memories are dynamic, not fixed. Even if what you’re remembering about your own experience isn’t quite how it all happened, those memories serve important roles.
Articles on 9/11 (September 11)
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On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, many of the forces now shaping NZ foreign policy can be traced back to how the US responded to the terror attacks.
Are technological advances making us any safer? It appears not.
Having a vivid, detailed memory of a remarkable event like 9/11 can seem like a demonstration of patriotism and a connection with other Americans.
We’ve been telling stories about 9/11 since it happened. The really great ones helped shape how we feel about the attacks and their aftermath.
Programs took different approaches to helping young viewers grapple with the horrors of the 9/11 terrorist attacks – lessons that still apply in today’s media environment.
On September 11 2001 New York City’s skyline was suddenly and dramatically altered.
Much went right after the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. But much also went wrong.
The great mistake was not the failure to stop the attacks, but the failure to understand how terrorism can amplify its impact through our response to outrage.
There is a strange nostalgia in realizing that something once so immediate now belongs increasingly to people who know it only as the past.
Decades of disaster research show how catastrophes strain communities – and reveal the connections that help people endure.
Sen. Graham repeatedly moved in the direction South Carolina and Republican politics were headed rather than where they had been.
The newly named director of national intelligence is a Trump political ally who has no experience in national security. A veteran of the field says it matters who holds the job.
For years, Donald Trump’s rhetoric has relied on insult, ridicule, threat and contempt. But the scale of violence in his words during the first week of April 2026 was new – and had a purpose.
Trump’s Iran war is historically unique in one critically important way: Early on, the war is not popular with the American public.
The growth of today’s aggressive immigration tactics traces back 25 years, when enforcement took on the dimension of counterterrorism.
A ‘domestic terrorism’ label that comes before the facts teaches the public to treat the term as propaganda rather than factual diagnosis.
Congress has a legal, constitutional and even moral responsibility to assert itself as a branch when it comes to military actions by the US, says an expert on war powers.
Congress has played an important role in holding federal agencies accountable since the late 1700s, but oversight can also devolve into a political circus.
The elimination of offices within Homeland Security and the State Department may force US counterterrorism efforts to rely on a solely military approach, which has proven ineffective.
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Professor of Music, Culture and Society, City St George's, University of London
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Seattle University
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University
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Assistant Professor of Justice, Law & Criminology, American University School of Public Affairs
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Professor of Political Science, Coastal Carolina University
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Professor of History, University of Dayton
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Principal Research Fellow, School of Engineering, RMIT University
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Associate Professor and Director of the Terrorism Research Center, University of Arkansas
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Professor of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
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Lecturer in Contemporary Literature and Culture, Edinburgh Napier University
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Professor of War Studies, University of Nottingham
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Glenn Family Chair Emeritus of Economics and Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University
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Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Notre Dame Australia