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9/11 timeline: Three hours that changed everything. For Americans and people watching around the world, September 11, 2001, is a day that will never be forgotten. Within three hours, New York’s tallest buildings were reduced to rubble, and the Pentagon—the nerve center of the American armed forces—was burning and partially collapsed.
Americans' experience of air travel was very different before 9/11, writes a professor of history. The terrorist attacks brought swift and lasting changes to airports, as security measures were drastically increased. Similarities can be drawn between airports' responses to 9/11 and the urgency of addressing public health concerns during COVID-19.
For Americans, the world has changed profoundly in two, somewhat contradictory ways, in the 15 years since the 9/11 attacks. On the one hand, Americans are immeasurably safer as a result of massive investments and improvements in intelligence collection and sharing, billions spent on homeland security measures, and offensive actions ...
The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no political, partisan or national interests.
On the eve of Davos 2024, here's a historical guide to the Annual Meeting in Davos, and the World Economic Forum, itself. In the early 1970s, the Cold War split the world while the Vietnam war split America, an oil crisis was looming, and a German economics professor had a bright idea. The idea was unconventional at the time, but it has since ...
Camille Squires. The 'smart city' movement is a global effort by city governments to harness technologies for improved city management. After the Sept 11 terrorist attacks, New York adopted anti-terrorism and surveillance strategies that have been adopted all around the world. Not only did these new technologies provide a new approach to public ...
The series was written ahead of the 2019 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, which focuses on “Globalization 4.0”. In previous pieces, we looked at some winners and losers of economic globalization, the environmental aspect of globalization, cultural globalization and digital globalization. Now we look back at its history.
Listen to the article. 'Dark tourism' is a new kind of travel experience seeking to impart lessons from past tragedies. Tours in Japan's Tohoku region reflect on the devastation and recovery from the 2011 earthquake. Creating unique social and cultural value for the affected region, dark tourism has economic benefits too.
In Pathways Towards a Cyber Resilient Aviation Industry, a new study released by the World Economic Forum, the aviation industry is called upon to unify its approach to preventing potential cybersecurity shocks. Airlines, airports and aircraft manufacturers comprise a complex infrastructure that must be protected both holistically and in each ...
The attacks required substantial financing with estimates varying between US$400,000 and $500,000. In stark contrast, the 2004 Madrid train bombings were estimated to have cost US$10,000. The failed 2007 London car bomb attacks carried an estimated price tag of about US$14,000. The foiled commuter train attack in Germany’s Cologne in 2006 was ...