THE FOCUS #115 | 25 Years After 9/11: America, Power and the World — Prof. Roy Casagranda

Twenty-five years after 9/11, what happened to American power?

In this episode of The Focus, Dr John Bruni is joined once again by Professor Roy Casagranda for a wide-ranging examination of the United States twenty-five years after the attacks of September 11, 2001.

The United States remains the world's pre-eminent military power. Yet military capability alone does not guarantee strategic coherence.

Against the backdrop of Donald Trump's second presidency, Bruni and Casagranda examine the changing character of American power, the Pentagon, US strategy towards Iran, the controversy surrounding the USS Abraham Lincoln, and the growing question of whether the international system is witnessing American decline—or another transformation of American global power.

Their discussion considers the legacy of the post-9/11 wars, the relationship between military strength and political purpose, and what a changing United States means for allies, competitors and the wider international order.