The World Before and After

The continuing impact of the attacks of September 11, 2001 on the United States and the global community will be explored through this webcast series. Investigations into and conversations about the events of 9/11 open up important questions about values, security, culture, and politics.

Through these exchanges, we can better understand the nature of cooperation and conflict in a post-9/11 world. In the following interviews, scholars and experts articulate a wide range of views on 9/11 and its ramifications, though they do not always agree with one another. In these differing assessments, the National September 11 Memorial & Museum believes that viewers will find much to stimulate their own reflection on the continuing impacts of 9/11.

This series was produced exclusively for the National September 11 Memorial & Museum and is hosted by Clifford Chanin, Senior Program Advisor at the Memorial Museum. Each month new interview segments will be posted on this section of the website. Stay informed about these new postings by signing up for our monthly e-update.

Thomas Hegghamer is a Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Defense Research Institute, and author of  "Jihad in Saudi Arabia: Violence and Pan-Islamism since 1979."