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9/11 was the biggest geopolitical change since the fall of the Iron Curtain.
by rospaya 16y ago
9/11 was the biggest geopolitical change since the fall of the Iron Curtain.
- nandemo 16y agoWas it? 9/11 didn't change any borders. It didn't change the set of US allies and enemies, neither did it cause a change of government in US. It only caused a protracted but still relatively small war in Afghanistan. Its government fell but this change didn't spread to other countries. One could argue that 9/11 was a factor in the growth of radical Islamism (cf. speeches by Islamic leaders all over Europe, incidents in Netherlands, etc) but apart from the London bombings we didn't have any major incident linked to 9/11.
- adrianN 16y agoThe terrorist attacks shaped a lot of foreign and domestic policy. There was a major shift towards nationalism and decreased privacy rights all over the western world.