https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/04/its-not-september-12-anymore/609502/
The former deputy national security advisor to Barack Obama explores United States’ war on terror and contrasts it with the new world reality in 2020 in the midst of a global pandemic. He suggests that ‘us versus them’ U.S foreign policy that emerged (perhaps remerged with consideration to the cold war) is no longer compatible with current global crises such as COVID-19 and global warming.