Do September 2001 attacks still shape our world? • FRANCE 24 English
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Once in a generation, sometimes once in a lifetime, a singular event blindsides the entire planet. 25 years on, does the memory of the Nine-Eleven attacks against New York's Twin Towers, the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania fade into history... or is it still as raw and vivid as on that sunny September morning? Back then, the world was still processing the end of the Cold War. Western spies who'd learned Russian suddenly had to take Arabic lessons... the element of surprise compounded by the shock of non-state actors killing thousands on U-S soil. Each big anniversary since has been a marker of its own time.Ten years ago, it was in the wake of the Paris attacks and Isis' bid to establish a caliphate in Syria and Iraq. Five years ago, it was during Covid when the whole planet faced a whole new unforseen common challenge.We'll ask our panel how the present informs the past and the past informs the present... a present that's more connected and plugged-in... and also more fractured, what with
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