Speaker: Professor Gilles Kepel
Chair: Professor Michael Cox
This event was recorded on 13 October 2009 in Old Theatre, Old Building
9/11 set off a major conflict between the United States and Al Qaeda. How and why did the Bush administration define the issue of terrorism in terms of a 'war on terror' and with what consequences for the stability of a region containing 60% of the world's oil reserves and several of America's more important global allies?