SINGAPORE, April 19 (Xinhuanet) -- A well-known Chinese scholar has
said that international geo-strategic structure has taken on some new
changes after the September 11 event although the "post- September 11"
general situation has not changed significantly in the Asia-Pacific and
the whole world.
In his speech at the ASEAN-China dialogue held here earlier this
week, Lu Zhongwei, president of China Institute of Contemporary
International Relations, pointed out, "The global geo-strategic structure
is fermenting a new round of changes with Asia-Pacific being the center of
shuffling."
The international terrorist organizations and other hidden actors
have come out from behind the curtain to the stage and acted as the new
players on the international chessboard, he said,noting "They are now
publicly playing the game with the traditional states and international
organizations in an unsymmetry manner."
The security boundary has changed from an international conceptinto
a domestic one with the U.S. attaching unusual strategic importance to the
homeland defense, he added.
He said that the rules of geo-political games are also
changing,mentioning the definition of terrorism, the use of military
forcesin war on terror, the demarcation between terrorist camp and
counter-terrorist camp, the leadership of counter-terrorism and soon.
Lu underlined that the most notable change lies in the reshuffling
of geo-political situation in the Asia-Pacific where regional countries
began to adjust overall strategies including counter-terrorist strategies.
"In the big context of Asia-Pacific strategic structure, a new
strategic line connecting by three critical sub-regions-- South &
Southeast Asia, Central Asia and West Asia-- has emerged on the southern
edge of the Asian continent," he said.
Noting that "some uncertainties have already been seen along this
arc," he pointed out a number of new developments such as more and more
aggressive U.S. military presence and strategy in Central Asia, heating up
tension between India and Pakistan in South Asia, intensified
Palestinian-Israeli conflicts in West Asiaand strengthened military
cooperation between the U.S. and some Southeast Asian countries in the
name of jointly countering terrorism. Enditem