Turning from cross-strait to foreign relations, since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 the United States has mounted military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq as part of the war on terror, a fact that will inevitably have an impact on the new international order.
從兩岸關係向外延伸，自從「九一一」紐約恐怖攻擊事件後，美國以「反恐」為名，連續對阿富汗和伊拉克用兵，勢必牽動國際新秩序的重組。