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9/11: Twenty years later (Day 1)

On the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the 2021 Ambassador William C. Battle Symposium explores its impact on the United States at home and in the world. Drawing on expertise from scholars, practitioners, and journalists, this conference examines the history of this era with an eye toward its implications for the future.

Marc Selverstone

9/11: Twenty years later (Day 1)

Philip Zelikow

9/11: Twenty years later (Day 1)

William Antholis

9/11 Anniversary Will Be The Latest Instance When Biden Has Given A Voice To Grief

Consoler in chief is a role required of every American president, but few have embraced it quite as fully as Biden. And Barbara Perry, a presidential scholar at the University of Virginia's Miller Center, says she can't think of a president who has approached the role by sharing so much of their own story so frequently. "We want presidents to grieve with us because we view them as the fathers of our country and the leader of our American family. But we also want to make sure that that leader is not oversharing or being tearful or collapsing with us."

Barbara Perry

Biden ran on competence. A slew of challenges are testing that promise.

“First years are problematic for presidents,” says presidential historian Russell Riley of the University of Virginia. “There’s a tendency to a kind of innocent arrogance in the early part of an administration. You think that because you succeeded in winning the White House, your judgment is golden.”

Russell Riley

Who is more injured when the Chinese entertainment industry parted ways with the world?

Aynne Kokas, assistant professor of media studies at the University of Virginia in the United States, believes that the entertainment industry in the United States and China will face pressure, but the pressure on Chinese artists comes from the government, and the United States comes from the market.

Aynne Kokas