Peter Feaver served as National Security Advisor to George W. Bush between 2005 and 2007, a period immediately following the launch of the so-called "war on terror" by the United States, first in Afghanistan and then in Iraq, as retaliation for the September 11 attacks. During Bill Clinton's presidency, Feaver was Director of Defense Policy and Arms Control at the National Security Council.
Currently, Feaver directs at Duke University the center he himself founded, dedicated to US international and security strategy. Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, he analyzes how the bombings altered the use of American military power and conditioned two decades of foreign policy.
According to Feaver's analysis, the September 11 attacks contributed to creating the political scenario from which Donald Trump emerged. The former advisor observes that Trump arrived at the White House rejecting the Iraq invasion, and that his base currently sees in Iran another potential "stupid war."
