Do you think 9/11 has changed the World?

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The purpose of this paper is to discuss the following question: Do you think 9/11 has changed the World? In the first part of the paper, the supposition of a new era which is believed to start from 9/11 until now will be examined. Different points of view will be contrasted, and the geopolitical ambitions of the United States will be analyzed in order to see if the war in Afghanistan, Iraq and the events which followed the attacks can be attributed to the 9/11 or to geopolitical reasons. In the second part, the comprehension of the fact that so much importance has been given to 9/11 will be dealt with. In fact, according to some people, in the United States and around the world, the World has been changing since 9/11 whereas there are more awful events as regards number of death and acts which can be found across the world. Elements which can explain the feeling that "9/11 has changed the world" will be also analyzed. These elements will be the importance of the Media, and the position of the United States as first power of the World. The term "New Terrorism" will also be examined in details with respect to its links with the 9/11 events.

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[...] Characteristics of this Terrorism” are the importance of religion, the increasing willingness to use excessive indiscriminate violence, the threat of mass destruction, the inherent lack of state backers, the amateurism of the new terrorists who do not receive training or logistical support from state sponsors but rely on the network of supporters and information on the internet, its loose networked and less hierarchical organizational structure. Alexander Spencer said. Wilkinson, Terrorism versus Democracy, the Liberal State Response, Frank Cass, London p.73. Spencer, Questioning the Concept of Terrorism”, Peace Conflict & Development, Issue January 2006 available from www.peacestudiesjournal.org.uk, p.5. Spencer, loc.cit. [...]

[...] He said about the power of Medias “What has changed is the telescopic lensing effect of the high-tech and trans-national media which can turn minor blunders, fleeting errors of judgement and isolated acts of indiscipline into acts of strategic consequence [ . That is what Thomas G. Mahnken pointed out when he talks about the information revolution which is . ] altering the management of politics, the functioning of economy, and the structure of society.”[12]. A good illustration of the exaggeration of the impact of 9/11 is found in the use of the term Terrorism”[13] which has been used to qualify the attacks of 9/11. It emphasises the new danger with which United States have to deal. [...]

[...] ] if you look closely at the trend lines since 9/11, what is remarkable is how little the world has changed. The forces of globalization continue unabated: indeed, if anything, they have accelerated. The issues of the day that we were debating on that morning in September are largely the same. Across broad measures of political, economic, and social data, the constants outweigh the variations. And, five years later, the United States' foreign policy is marked by no greater strategic clarity than it had on Sept 2001.”[1] The world looks much like it did on September 10 in the words of Daniel Byman, “Several years later, the perception that this bloody day transformed the world remains widespread. [...]

[...] Nevertheless, the events of September 11 are believed to have changed the World. According to Paul Roger and Scilla Elworthy immediate aftermath of 11 September included a profound and widespread sympathy for the people of the United States. Although the twin towers meant more to Americans than to the world as a whole, the sheer human loss, and the vision of the collapse of the towers, reverberated around the world.”[7] Several reasons can explain the importance that 9/11 have. A first reason is that the events of September 11 took place in the first powerful state which has been seen as invincible from the end of the Cold War to 11 of September 2001. [...]

[...] The 9/11 Commission Report. The Journals of International Security, 2004-2005, Vol pp. 170-190. Mahnken, T.G. The Future of Strategic Studies. The Journal of Strategic Studies Index 1978-2002, pp. 6-13. 6/Internet sources 6.1 Website http://www.terrorism.com/ 6.2 Articles Danner, M. the war of the imagination', New York Review of Books December 2006, http://www.markdanner.com/articles/show/iraq_the_war_of_the_imagination Galtung, J & Fisher, End Terrorism, End State Terrorism' September 2002, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/2002/09/20_galtung_end-terrorism.htm Ganor, ‘Defining Terrorism: is one man's terrorism another's freedom fighter?', http://www.ict.org.il/var/119/17070- Def%20Terrorism%20by%20Dr.%20Boaz%20Ganor.pdf Lockyer, A. [...]