Latest Pressure Systems edition

US Declining After Twenty-Five Years of War on Terror

September 12, 2026

Marking twenty-five years since the September 11 attacks, declassified CIA archives, geopolitical retrospective analyses, and investigative reports reveal how the 'war on terror' systematically transformed domestic border security in Canada, mainstreamed European far-right politics, and institutionalized a permanent security state lexicon. From intelligence failures under successive US administrations to the normalization of repressive statecraft globally, the quarter-century legacy is one of enduring political fear and structural transformation.