THE SHORT AND MEDIUMTERM IMPACT OF AL QA’IDA ISLAMIST’S ATTACKS ON THE U.S.A., SINCE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

September 11, 2001, when Islamists affiliated with the terrorist organization Al Qaeda attacked iconic buildings in United States, marked a turning point recent human history. The impact of these attacks goes far beyond other contemporary events, which triggered major geopolitical processes, such as 1956 Suez Crisis or 1979 Islamic Revolution Iran. If initially humanity was state shock, seeing how superpower moment seems paralyzed by aggression little-known enemy, later, security measures and dynamics overturned not only life Earth’s population until then, but also paradigms, strategic concepts, political behaviors. This article aims to analyze attack orchestrated Salafist fanatics has transformed continues transform society global dynamics.