To mark the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001, the Miller Center will bring together leading foreign policy and defense experts to examine how a single day reshaped American national security for a generation

Philip Zelikow was the Center's director when the attacks occurred; he went on to lead the 9/11 Commission before returning to Grounds

How and why 9/11 happened

How America responded to the attacks

The 9/11 attacks deeply affected an already fraught relationship between the United States, Muslim nations, and Islam itself

A panel of foreign policy experts marked the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq by discussing Melvyn P. Leffler’s new book, Confronting Saddam Hussein: George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq

On the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the 2021 Battle Symposium explored their impact on the United States and the world

Since 1776, the United States has been at war 93 percent of the time—227 out of 244 years, according to Global Research. What does it mean for the future of our nation?

Ari Fleischer, the Bush administration press secretary, recalled the president's decisions aboard Air Force One on the day of the attacks

Although he wasn't a member of the administration on 9/11, Robert Gates had to deal with the aftermath when he became Secretary of Defense in 2006

President Bush addressed the nation on the night of the attacks in a defining moment of his presidency

Eleven days after the attacks, President Bush informed the American people about the nation's response

As the end of his presidency neared, President Bush assessed the "war on terror"

President Obama told the world that U.S. forces had killed Osama Bin Laden