9/11: What Happened, and What it Means Today
On Thursday, September 11, the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, Clements Center for National Security, and the Intelligence Studies Project hosted “9/11: What Happened, and What it Means Today.” Our panelists were Bobby Chesney, Dean of the University of Texas School of Law; Will Inboden, Executive Vice President and Provost of The University of Texas; Adam Klein, Director of the Strauss Center for International Security and Law; Jeannie Leavitt, Distinguished National Security Fellow of the Clements Center; Joe Maguire, Executive Director of the Clements Center; Admiral Bill McRaven, Former UT Chancellor, Commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, and Professor of National Security at the LBJ School of Public Affairs; and Steve Slick, Director of the Intelligence Studies Project. Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Founder and Director of the Asia Policy Project, moderated. As we marked the anniversary of September 11, 2001, we gathered to reflect on the attacks, the immediate response, and the long-term consequences that continue to shape American policy and society. This panel brought together experts with firsthand experience and deep insight to discuss how that day transformed our national security, foreign policy, and the relationship between the American people and their government.