Strategic Assessment

The September 11, 2001 terror attack in the United States was a formative event in the history of modern international terrorism, with a major effect on the characteristics of terrorist activity in the international arena, on the organization that carried it out, on the states supporting that organization, and, invariably, on the country in which it took place. Moreover, it has had a long term impact on the fighting strategy adopted by the countries combating terror and on international relations in general.