France 24 revisits whether 9/11 still shapes global affairs
A France 24 debate examines the attacks’ continuing place in geopolitics, security policy and public memory, without offering a definitive conclusion.
France 24 has published a debate examining whether the 11 September 2001 attacks still shape the world 25 years later, and whether their memory remains as vivid as it was when New York’s Twin Towers, the Pentagon and Pennsylvania were targeted.
The programme places the attacks within a broader shift in security and intelligence priorities. It recalls how Western intelligence services moved from Russian-language expertise towards Arabic-language capability after non-state actors killed thousands in the United States.
It also treats successive anniversaries as markers of changing political conditions. Previous commemorations were set against the Paris attacks, Islamic State’s attempt to establish a caliphate in Syria and Iraq, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
The debate asks how the past and present inform one another as global relations change. France 24 describes a world that is more digitally connected but also more fractured, with the balance of power between former allies and rivals in flux.
The programme invites its panel to consider what can be learned from 11 September and whether the attacks continue to inform global affairs. The supplied material does not identify the panellists or provide their specific conclusions, and presents the issue as an examination rather than a settled finding.
