Can
we
write
about
the
Global
War
on
Terror
(GWOT)
in
the
past
tense?
With
ongoing
talk
of
a
return
to
great
power
rivalry,
the
U.S.
withdrawal
from
Afghanistan
and
Iraq,
and
the
primacy
of
combating
a
global
pandemic,
many
Western
governments
are
eager
to
frame
the
war-on-terror
era
as
over.
But
even
if
the
formal
infrastructure
of
war
retracts,
the
social
relations,
logics,
and
material
resources
from
the
planetary
war
are
set
to
shape
our
collective
futures.
Long
after
the
departure
of
European
empires
in
the
mid-20th
century,
the
postcolonial
world
remained
beholden
to
colonial-era
structures
and
norms.
Likewise,
the
legacies
of
the
GWOT—its
laws,
language,
cultural
norms,
political
hierarchies,
and
material
artifacts—
will
reverberate
across
global,
national,
and
local
scales
in
the
decades
to
come.
The
9/11
Legacies
project
presents
a
diverse
set
of
perspectives
from
across
academia,
policy
circles,
and
journalism
to
reflect
on
the
more
enduring,
subtle,
and
(at
times)
pernicious
legacies
of
9/11
and
the
Global
War
on
Terror.
The
project
seeks
to
answer
one
overarching
question:
in
what
ways
will
our
post-GWOT
era
be
shaped by the Global War on Terror?
The
9/11
Legacies
project
was
established
on
the
20th
anniversary
of
9/11
by
Ameem
Lutfi
(
Research
Fellow,
Middle
East
Institute,
National
University
of
Singapore)
and
Kevin L. Schwartz
(Research Fellow, Oriental Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences).
The project benefits from funding from the
Oriental Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences.
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
© 2021 Oriental Institute, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Kevin L. Schwartz, and Ameem Lutfi
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