Global Security Issues and Concerns after 9/11: reats and Opportunities for the Philippines

Introduction Before the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the global security discourse focused on various strategic uncertainties unleashed by the end of the cold war. Global security analysts talked about the “rise and fall of great powers”, the “end of history”, the demise of nation-state and the rise of regional economies, the “clash of civilizations”, the “Asia Megatrends”, the dawning of the Asia-Pacific century, the “call for multilateralism,” the advent of globalization, the “emergence of uni-

polarism,” the “formation of a single Europe,” the “menace of rogue states,” the “challenges of failed states,” and the “rise of China.”