On 13-14 September 2011, the Conflict Records Research Center (CRRC) at the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS), National Defense University (NDU), and the Johns Hopkins Center for Advanced Governmental Studies, hosted a conference to mark the tenth anniversary of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. Nearly 250 academics, policymakers, and practitioners attended the event. Introduced by Acting President of the NDU, Ambassador Nancy E McEldowney, and entitled "Ten Years Later: Insights on al-Qaeda's Past and Future Through Captured Records," the conference explored what scholars and policymakers knew about al-Qaeda and Associated Movements (AQAM) before the 9/11 attacks, as well as what they have learned since. Participants also offered thoughts about the future of AQAM as well as directions for counterterrorism and policy.

Proceedings of a conference hosted by the Conflict Records Research Center (CRCC) at the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS), National Defense University (NDU), and the Johns Hopkins University Center for Advanced Governmental Studies. The conference was held at Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., 13-14 September 2011.

Introduction / Lorry M. Fenner -- Why a conference on 9/11? / Congressman "Mac" Thornberry -- What did scholars and policymakers know about al-Qaeda and associated movements before 9/11? / Thomas Hegghammer -- The evolution of intelligence assessments of al-Qaeda to 2011 / Mark E. Stout -- Working with al-Qaeda documents : an analyst's view before 9/11 / Cynthia Storer -- Blessed September : al-Qaeda's grand strategic vision on 9/11 / Mary R. Habeck -- The evolution of al-Qaeda and associated movements "completing the destruction of al Qa'ida" / Michael G. Vickers -- What have we learned about al-Qaeda and associated movements since 9/11? / Peter Bergen ; introduction by Mark E. Stout -- Jihads in decline : what the captured records tell us / Jessica M. Huckabey -- The collapse of religious justifications for globalist radical Muslims / David B. Cook -- Re-reading the origins of al-Qaeda through Osama bin Laden's former audiocassette collection / Flagg Miller -- A decade beyond the 9/11 attacks / C. Michael Hurley -- What should be the focus of al-Qaeda and associated movements studies for the future? / Juan C. Zarate -- The counterterrorism research agenda ten years after 9/11 / Brian Fishman -- The relationship between al-Qaeda and the Taliban : insights from captured documents / Anne Stenersen -- The 80% solution : the defeat of bin Laden's al-Qaeda and South Asian security / Thomas F. Lynch, III -- The development of al-Qaeda's media strategy and its role in mobilizing Western Muslims / Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens -- A call for further research and analysis / Suzanne Spaulding -- Conclusion / Mark E. Stout.