The shanghai cooperation organisation (SCO): An emerging player in south Asia policy options for India
By: Kumar, S. Y. Surendra
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BookPublisher: Indian Foreign Affairs Journal Description: 17(3-4), Dec, 2022: p.205-221.
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Indian Foreign Affairs JournalSummary: With the objective of addressing the security concerns of the newly
independent countries created after the fall of the Soviet Union,
the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was established in
2001. These countries came to the realization that this cannot be
done unilaterally; rather, a multilateral strategy is required to address
transnational issues, and that the SCO would facilitate close
cooperation with the Central Asian Region (CAR), to promote
international trade and regional growth. At the same time, due to the
US hegemony, countries like China and Russia sought to legitimate
their own internal political systems, and increase interaction with
East Asia, Central Asia, and South Asia. In broad terms, the SCO
continues to strengthen the regional framework to bring about peace,
stability, and prosperity in the region and, in a sense, protect their
countries’ strategic interests beyond Central Asia. In this context,
this essay makes an effort to analyse the reasons for the SCO’s
increasing foot prints in South Asia, and what could be policy options
for India. It argues that it is in India’s interest to continue to engage
with the SCO as also with its multi-alignment policy to secure its
interests in both Central Asia and South Asia. Reproduced
https://www.jstor.org/stable/48772510
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With the objective of addressing the security concerns of the newly
independent countries created after the fall of the Soviet Union,
the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was established in
2001. These countries came to the realization that this cannot be
done unilaterally; rather, a multilateral strategy is required to address
transnational issues, and that the SCO would facilitate close
cooperation with the Central Asian Region (CAR), to promote
international trade and regional growth. At the same time, due to the
US hegemony, countries like China and Russia sought to legitimate
their own internal political systems, and increase interaction with
East Asia, Central Asia, and South Asia. In broad terms, the SCO
continues to strengthen the regional framework to bring about peace,
stability, and prosperity in the region and, in a sense, protect their
countries’ strategic interests beyond Central Asia. In this context,
this essay makes an effort to analyse the reasons for the SCO’s
increasing foot prints in South Asia, and what could be policy options
for India. It argues that it is in India’s interest to continue to engage
with the SCO as also with its multi-alignment policy to secure its
interests in both Central Asia and South Asia. Reproduced
https://www.jstor.org/stable/48772510
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