At
the
very
outset
of
the
21st
century,
Osama
bin
Laden
positioned
himself,
wittingly
or
unwittingly,
with
the
9/11
attacks,
as
one
of
its
likely
most
important
figures.
The
attacks
initially
served
to
undermine
multicultural
policies
in
relatively
ethnically and religiously (…)
Bin Laden’s Legacy Probably
Surpasses His Wildest Dreams
By: James M. Dorsey
When
al-Qaeda
framed
the
9/11
attacks
as
an
Islamic
holy
war
(jihad)
and
the
United
States
retaliated
by
invading
Afghanistan
(2001)
and
Iraq
(2003)
and
initiating
a
Global
War
on
Terror,
Samuel
Huntington’s
clash
of
civilizations
thesis
between
"Islam"
and "the West" gained currency (…)
The Rise and Fall of Moderate
Islamism as a Political Project:
The Legacy of 9/11 in
Turkey’s Relations with the West
By: Pelin Ayan Musil
After
he
stopped
being
a
mujahid
during
the
Soviet-Afghan
War
but
before
becoming
the
most
wanted
terrorist
after
the
9/11
attacks,
Osama
Bin
Laden
detoured
through
the
Balkans.
He
traveled
to
Albania,
built
an
alliance
with
the
mujahideen
in the Bosnian War (…)
Islamic Radicalism in the Balkans:
From Immigrant Arab Fighters to
Emigrant Combatant in Arabia
By:
Clément Steuer
US Pressure for
Democratization, and Egyptian
Political Opportunity Structure
since 9/11
By: Asya Metodieva
Following
the
9/11
attacks,
the
Bush
administration
launched
the
U.S.
and
its
allies
into
a
“Global
War
on
Terror,”
designed
and
inspired
by
a
neo-conservative
worldview.
The
purpose of the (…)
The Evolution of Armed Drones
for Targeted Killing after 9/11
From
Yemen
to
Libya,
Syria,
and
Nagorno-Karabakh,
armed
drones
delivering
precision
munitions
or
commercial
drones
re-engineered
into
flying
bombs
by
insurgents
are
changing
the
security
landscape.
The
Middle (…)
By: Alessandro Arduino
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