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America’s Response to 9/11: Looking Back on 20 Years of Foreign Policy

Sep 12, 2021

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Introduction

3min

The Big Picture: America's Failure to Respond to the Threat of 9/11

2min

The Importance of Recognizing the Enemy of Islam

5min

The Cost of Self-Censorship in Europe

6min

The 20 Years of US Foreign Policy After 9-11

2min

The War on Terrorism in Afghanistan

6min

The Risk of Terrorism in the United States

5min

The Impact of 9-11 on American Foreign Policy

6min

The Importance of China's Military Build-Up

3min

10.

The Challenges of Succession in North Korea

3min

11.

The Importance of Principles in Foreign Policy

2min

12.

The Importance of a Plan

2min

13.

The Challenges of International Relations

2min

14.

The Pentagon's Hit

4min

15.

The United States Should Accept Refugees Instead of Europe

2min

16.

The Importance of Refugee Resettlement in Afghanistan

3min

17.

The Importance of American Energy Independence

3min

18.

The Role of Oil Interests in Released Policy

5min

19.

The Politics of Oil and the Middle East

3min

20.

The Role of the United States in the Middle East

4min

21.

The Differences Between Alon and Justin's Positions

5min

22.

The Failure of the Government to Keep Terrorists Read at a Manageable Level

4min

23.

The Effect of Mind 11 on America's Response to Terrorism

2min

24.

The Importance of Identification of the Enemy as the Islamist Movement

3min

25.

The Importance of Attacking Regimes

2min

Three writers with different approaches to foreign policy reflect on 20 years of America’s military response to 9/11.

Speakers:

Peter Brookes, (Heritage Foundation) Senior Research Fellow, Weapons of Mass Destruction and Counter Proliferation, Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy

Elan Journo (Ayn Rand Institute) Specializes in the application of Rand’s ethics of rational egoism to public policy issues, and his research and writing focus on American foreign policy.

Justin Logan (Cato Institute) Expert on U.S. grand strategy, international relations theory, and American foreign policy

Moderator: Gregory Salmieri (Salem Center) Director of Program for Objectivity in Thought, Action, and Enterprise

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