In this talk organised as part of the MA EPS and MA IR programmes in the Institute for History, Faculty of Humanities at Leiden University, Dr Andrew Gawthorpe and Dr Salvador Santino Regilme will deliver their reflections on 9/11 and its effects. Dr Gawthorpe will explore the impact of 9/11 within American politics and society while Dr Regilme will focus on the human rights dimensions of the US-led global war on terror. Both speakers will also reflect on the impact of 9/11 and the US responses to it upon other states and actors.