What was happening seemed so unbelievable. The impact of 9/11 on us, twenty years on

The twentieth anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre and the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan raised questions about shifts in power and their impact on Australia, Indonesia and our region. In the last 20 years the Australia-Indonesia relationship has had its highs and lows. What does the future hold?

At a memorial service for victims of the 11 September attacks by Al Qaeda terrorists. How did the attacks impact the American psyche? Source: Image by Anthony Behar/Pool/AFP via GettyImages, 11 Sep 2021.

Dr Greg Fealy AM is Associate Professor of Indonesian Politics and Head of the Department of Political and Social Change at the Australian National University.   He explains to Sri Dean some uncertainties that lie ahead, for example the possibility of a resurgent Jemaah Islamiyah.

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Many innocent lives were lost in the September 11 attack. And so was American innocence. Source: Source: SPD. Taken from live coverage of the memorial service