The Day That Changed Everything: Reflections on 9/11 at 25 Years As we approach the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001, it feels almost surreal to think that a quarter-century has passed since that devastating morning. For those of us who lived through it, the memories remain as vivid and painful as if they happened yesterday. I was still in high school when the world changed forever, one of the fortunate few who witnessed the second plane strike the World Trade Center live on television. It wasn’t planned or expected; we simply happened to be in the right place at…

Germany has entered a new and unsettling chapter in its understanding of national security. For years, the country watched from a distance as hybrid warfare unfolded elsewhere — a cyberattack here, a disinformation campaign there, a suspicious act of sabotage that could never quite be proven. But now, the threat is no longer abstract, and it is no longer something that happens to other countries. Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his cabinet have begun to speak openly about what intelligence agencies and security officials have been quietly warning about for months: Russia is waging a deliberate, sustained and increasingly brazen campaign…