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A year after September 11 (2001), this article analyzes how the terrorist attacks on New York & Washington, DC, have changed world politics. It is argued that although the basic structure of world politics has not changed, the world has changed in two important & lasting ways. Firstly, the terrorist attacks signaled the emergence of a truly new type of threat to international security: a global terrorist group, engaged in an all-embracing conflict with the US, & unconstrained in the violence it is willing to use. Secondly, in response to this threat, the war on terrorism & the related struggle against the spread of weapons of mass destruction have become the central elements of a new US foreign policy -- backed up by a greatly increased willingness to assert US power, unilaterally if necessary. All states will face dilemmas about whether, & how, to support, oppose, or stand aside from the US-led war on terror. Adapted from the source document.

Chinese politics : The legacy of history -- The party-state -- The state apparatus and centre-local relations -- Political change and its limits : democratisation with Chinese characteristics -- The national question in Chinese politics -- Appendix A. Official ethnic groups -- Foreign policy