Barbara Maranzani. History.com: How U.S. Intelligence Misjudged the Growing Threat Behind 9/11
Among the missteps: lack of intel-sharing between agencies, tepid responses to earlier attacks and a failure to grasp the magnitude of the terrorists' ambitions.
For most Americans (and those around the world), the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 came as a shock. But for American and international investigators, warning signs of the attack had been brewing for more than a decade. Below, several key seeds that bore fruit on 9/11:
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 11, 2018
9/11 in numbers: The chilling figures that reveal the horrifying extent of September 11 attacks -- Evening Standard
In conflicts from Syria to Afghanistan, there has been an extraordinarily high price but precious little meaningful change -- David Rothkopf, The National
So far, the U.S. has mustered no response to China’s and Russia’s widening assault on America’s global stature. -- Nathan Freier and Jonathan Dagle, Defense One
Turkey pleads for Idlib accord as displaced people mass -- Alison Tahmizian Meuse, Asia Times
Turkey's Erdogan gets no love from Russia on Idlib -- Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor
Rebuilding Assad's Syria: Who should foot the bill? -- Diana Hodali, DW
Iran, Not North Korea, Is This Administration’s Foreign Policy -- Curt Mills, National Interest
Putin’s big bang in the Russian Far East -- Andrew Salmon, Asia Times
Putin Pivots From Western Pressure, but Finds Scant Solace in the East -- Pavel K. Baev, RCD
North Korea Denuclearization Is Nice, but Peace Is Better -- Daniel L. Davis, National Interest
White House agrees to second summit with Kim -- Andrew Salmon, Asia Times
Trump’s dangerous Asian game -- David A. Andelman, Reuters
Political Blackmail in the Taiwan-China Contest -- Jason Lim, The Interpreter
Argentina's IMF bailout rekindles painful memories of past crises -- Jerome Roos, Al Jazeera
From Sweden to Brexit, immigration is the issue dividing Europe -- Simon Jenkins, The Guardian