The phrase "Still Are We All Americans?" serves as the title to an analysis by Teresa de Sousa, a Portuguese journalist, written 25 years after the September 11, 2001 attacks. The title evokes the famous cover of the French newspaper Le Monde which, following those attacks, declared "Nous sommes tous américains," symbolizing transatlantic solidarity at that time.
The analysis recognizes that, two and a half decades later, democracies proved stronger than the terrorists, having managed to survive and resist the extremist threats that marked the beginning of the 21st century.
However, the article warns of a new geopolitical scenario. According to the analysis, we are currently witnessing the return of conventional warfare in Europe, a reality that seemed to belong to the past after World War II.
Furthermore, Teresa de Sousa identifies a predatory imperialism that invades countries, suggesting that the threats to democracies and the international order have evolved, moving from terrorist attacks to more traditional forms of territorial expansion and aggression between States.
