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The 27 pages that link to War on Terror, each with the reason it gives.

• September 11 attacksNarrower topic: The attacks supplied the defining impetus and political mandate for the campaign.

• Barack ObamaRelated: Obama continued some inherited counterterrorism policies while changing their methods and geographic scope.

• George W. BushNarrower topic: Bush’s post-9/11 policies became a defining phase of this broader campaign.

• War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)Narrower topic: Afghanistan became its longest major military campaign.

• IslamophobiaRelated: Its security narratives often treated Muslim identity as a proxy for suspected threat.

• Al-QaedaRelated: Al-Qaeda was its principal initial target, and the campaign reshaped the network’s operating environment.

• Media framingRelated: Its language and recurring security frames shaped public understanding of post-attack policies.

• CounterterrorismBroader topic: It reshaped global counterterrorism through military campaigns, intelligence cooperation, and new laws.

• Osama bin LadenRelated: The attacks bin Laden directed triggered this broad campaign.

• United States foreign policyRelated: It drove long military campaigns and expanded security policy across regions.

• Postcolonial feminismRelated: Its rhetoric about Muslim women became a case of gendered justification for military intervention.

• JihadismRelated: Al-Qaeda's attacks prompted policies that transformed security and conflict across many countries.

• Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuseRelated: Post-9/11 detention and interrogation policies formed part of the broader context for U.S. practices in Iraq.

• Operation Enduring FreedomNarrower topic: Operation Enduring Freedom became a major military component of this broader campaign.

• Political IslamRelated: Its policies and rhetoric often treated Islamist politics through a security framework.

• Drone warfareRelated: Drone strikes expanded substantially within this campaign.

• Pervez MusharrafRelated: Musharraf aligned Pakistan with the United States after the attacks.

• Targeted killingRelated: Counterterrorism operations during this campaign expanded and publicized targeted-killing practices.

• Donald RumsfeldNarrower topic: Rumsfeld became one of its central civilian architects and public advocates.

• Salafi jihadismRelated: It reshaped states’ policies toward armed groups that claimed Salafi-jihadist justifications.

• Ayman al-ZawahiriRelated: The campaign targeted al-Qaeda and constrained the organization during al-Zawahiri’s tenure.

• Khalid Sheikh MohammedNarrower topic: His capture and detention became part of this campaign’s expanded counterterrorism and detention policies.

• Kathryn BigelowRelated: Zero Dark Thirty depicts a central episode in this campaign and sparked debate over its methods.

• Robert MuellerRelated: Mueller’s FBI reorganized around counterterrorism as the bureau adapted to the post-9/11 security environment.

• 2000sRelated: It broadened surveillance, military intervention, and security policies across the decade.

• Perpetual warBroader topic: Its open-ended goals and shifting theaters illustrate conflict without a clear endpoint.

• War in IraqNarrower topic: The Iraq conflict became a major theater within this broader campaign.