U.s. Counter-terrorism Center Of Gravity Eastward And Its Impact On China

After Obama took office, he announced"Afpak"anti-terror strategy which target Afghanistan and Pakistan's terrorism. United States made a strategic adjustment on its war on terror. The new strategy emphasizes several distinctive features: First, give up the over-reliance on military strikes, stressed increase civilian assistance to Afghanistan and help Afghanistan government to develop its own security forces; Second, integrate Afghanistan and Pakistan, and led their anti-terror war; Third, reduce the anti-terrorism goals, from the past to promote the democratization of Afghanistan to achieve security in Afghanistan and Pakistan, trying to divide the Taliban by win over moderate Taliban, this appears more pragmatic; Fourth , pay more attention on smart power use and the role of multilateral diplomacy, stressing its NATO allies and China, Russia, Iran, India and other major powers, attempting to strengthen regional cooperation to address the problem of terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan. U.S. counter-terrorism strategy shifting east, can be found the crux of terrorism, however, U.S facing a series of difficulties, such as increasing confrontation between the terrorists and anti-terrorism, corruption and incompetence of the Afghanistan government, Pakistani government unable to promote the fight against terrorism, the international community does not support and so on, the future of the anti-terrorism is uncertain.The new strategy's primary purpose is really to combat Al Qaeda and its Taliban supporters in Afghanistan and Pakistan. However, strengthen its military presence and political influence in the Eurasian heartland, United States can extended its influence to Central and South Asia easily, Northward, its influence may be encircling the Russian; Eastward, to contain China; Westward, deter its Middle East antagonist Iran. All these will be inevitably leads to increasing powers game in Central Asia and South Asia. U.S. anti-terrorism focus eastward, bound to affect China's economic and energy interests in South Asia and Central Asia, bring unpredictable effects for China, in addition, China's Western national security will be affected. China's geopolitical space will be smaller, strategic relationship with Pakistan will also be highly variable. Successful integration of the Afghanistan and Pakistan will play a key role in the carry out of the"Greater Central Asian Partnership",then China will circulated by the United States, China's future development will be also hamper by the United States.Therefore, China should actively participate in the reconstruction of Afghanistan, increase economic and technical assistance for Afghanistan to strengthen the Afghan government in fighting terrorism, combating drug trafficking and organized crime, strengthen cooperation to help the Afghanistan's people rule themselves as soon as possible; strengthen friendly relations with Pakistan, through the consolidation of economic and trade relations to develop the profound friendship between the two countries; promote the SCO to play a constructive role in solve the issue of Afghanistan and Pakistan, strengthening the strategic partnership with Russia; increase the intensity of the Western Development accelerate the pace of developing the western region. Narrowing the development gap between East and West, to promote economic development of the ethnic minority areas, strengthening the national identity of ethnic minorities, increase efforts to combat the three evil forces, ensuring political stability in the Northwest region off the influence of the U.S. counter-terror war; properly handle big powers relations for create a safe, stable environment for the western periphery of China.