简介:Inthepasttenyearssince9/11,terrorismhasbecomeagrowingthreattointernationalsecurity,andtopeople'slivesandproperty.Increasingincidentsofterrorismhaveunderlinedthefundamentalstructuralflawsintheinternationalsystem,showingthatAmericanhegemonyhasreachedacertainlimit.NotonlyhavethemajorsecurityconcernsoftheUnitedStateschanged,butexistinginternationalstrategicrelationshavealsobeenshaken.Thishasdirectlyaffectedglobalstrategicstability.
简介:Thestrategiclegacyof9/11willoutlivetheKoreanandVietnamWarsandthetwoGulfWarsbecausetheytriggeredonlyquantitativeratherthanqualitativetransformationsintheinternationalstrategiclandscape.The9/11disastersparkedtheAfghanandIraqWarsandtheglobal'waronterror,'whichasyethavenoendinsight.Ithasalreadyledtoaqualitativeoverhaulintheworldstrategicorder,affectingtheinternationalpowerbalanceandperspectivesoninternationalrelationssomuchthateventheunfoldingupheavalinWestAsiaandtheNorthAfricaknownastheArabSpringseemsminorby
简介:TheSeptember11terroristattacksandtheconsequentU.S.actionsonterrorismaswellasitsadjustmentofglobalstrategyhaveexertedanin-depthinfluenceoninternationalandregionalsecuritystructure.AstheneighboringregionofAfghanistan--thetargetstateofAmericanwaronterror,itismoredifficultforSouthAsiatokeepalooffromtheaffairs.GreaterchangeshavetakenplaceinsecuritysituationintheregionandinWashington'scountermeasuresaswell.
简介:Securityenvironmentisbothanobjectiverealityandasubjectiveconsciousness.Hereso-called"objectivereality"mainlyreferstotheinherentlawofthechangesininternationalsecuritysituation.Toagreatextent,thesubjectiveconsciousnessoftheobjectiverealitydependsonthepositionandstrategicchoicesofanationintheinternationalsecurity
简介:The9/11attackwasundoubtedlyoneofthemostimportanteventstoinfluenceinternationalrelationsinthe21stcentury.OnSeptember11th,2001,al-Qaeda,ledbyOsamabinLaden,attackedtheUSheartlands.Theattackscausedthedeathofnearly3000peopleandledtodirecteconomiclossesofaroundUS$100billion.ThiswasthemostseriousexternalattackontheUSsincetheWarofIndependenceof1812.IninfluenceitsurpassedeventheattackonPearlHarborintheSecondWorldWar.9/11highlightedtheimportanceofnon-traditionalsecurityandraisedittoapositionalmostparallelwiththatoftheworld'straditionalsecurityagenda.Theeventshaveprofoundlyinfluencedtheoutlookandbehavioroftheworld'ssole