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Remembering 9/11, 20 Years Later

Perspectives and insights from USAWC SSI faculty reviewing the events prior to and following September 11, 2001.

 

 

Special Commentary: COVID-19

SSI research professors and faculty consider the COVID-19 pandemic and its long-term, strategic implications for the US Army and national security.  Each essay provides an independent, specialized view on a particular aspect of the challenges posed by COVID-19 and includes recommendations on how the Army and DoD should address those issues.

  • “Disaster Diplomacy” and the US Response to COVID-19 by Dr. C. Anthony Pfaff
    Special Commentary: “Disaster Diplomacy” and the US Response to COVID-19

    By Dr. C. Anthony Pfaff

    This article was originally published by the Atlantic Council on April 15, 2020, and can be accessed at https://atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/disaster-diplomacy-and-the-us-response-to-covid-19/. In 1999, after decades of animosity driven by a complex history, Greek and Turkish relations positively transformed almost overnight. The catalyst for this transformation was Turkish provision of rescue personnel and other assistance to Athens, which had been struck by a devastating earthquake. Of course, those efforts would not have been transformative had the foreign ministers of both Greece and Turkey not already been considering ways to improve relations. But had it not been for the crisis, the effects of those efforts may never have been felt.

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