Opportunities and challenges for the US in the 1990s

    In what ways did the 1990s offer both new opportunities and challenges for the US? Think of a more open world, the emerging telecommunitcations and transportation revolutions, the age of a new globalization, the Internet, etc. The world and US have continued to experience challenges and opportunities in the twenty-first century. The September 11, 2001 attacks, the continued growth of shadowy terrorist groups, the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, nuclear proliferation, the expansion of social networking, the election of Obama and its effects, etc. Select one or more of these or related, significant issues and address what was so profoundly important about it and its consequences.