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On September 12, 2014, the capital of Tajikistan hosted the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s annual summit, which saw the signing of the Dushanbe Declaration, outlining the current problems the organization faces and goals set. We met former SCO Deputy Secretary General
Vladimir Zakharov
, currently Senior Lecturer at the HSE School for Oriental Studies, and asked him how he sees the alliance’s goals and future given the regional difficulties.
Dr. Zakharov, how would you sum up the ...
Interview with Ambassador Vitaly Vorobyov
Interview
We met with Vitaly Vorobyov, SCO Advisor and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, to discuss the potential of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in resolving problems of regional security, its role in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of ISAF, the Silk Way project ...
... we have seen that Pakistan and Russia held talks on security cooperation, especially against groups in the North Caucasus and Pakistan which could be inter-connected through ties with the global Al Qaeda (3). There must be concerted efforts between Moscow and Islamabad to tackle this core issue and find out the origin of these militant organizations. Patterns show that these terrorist organizations have indirectly provided justifications for US military interventions around the world. A panacea for ...
Interview with Vyacheslav Trubnikov
Interview
The withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan scheduled for 2014 will be the SCO's main challenge in the short term. It can be addressed by expanding the organization. IMEMO Board of Directors member, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia and RIAC member
Vyacheslav Trubnikov
shares his insights on the prospects ...
On September 24-25, the first meeting of think tanks from countries of NATO, European Union and Shanghai Cooperation Organization was held in Bucharest. Organized by the
German Marshall Fund
and
EURISC Foundation
, the meeting gathered over 150 participants, with Russia represented by RIAC and the Far East Federal University.
The speakers underlined that the shift of attention to the human dimension in international security is a natural trend caused by radical changes in global politics and civil...
Interview with Andrey Karneyev, Institute for Asian and African Studies at Moscow State University
Many experts point to the growing role of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as an indication that it has become the main political instrument for Central Asian states, although it also receives a lot of criticism. On ...
... it is definitely integral to the multi-pronged policy and deserves broader cooperation. Besides, Russia does not want to be viewed by the South as a country of the
rich North
. Russia’s Eurasian nature and its participation in the BRICS and the SCO make it fluent in the multipolar languages of the North, East and South. Also important is the fact that Russia is no longer a superpower in a position to threaten NAM interests. That said, the Movement respects the status Russia has due to its membership ...
... Central Asia had not been a priority for the United States. The turning point came after the Republican George W. Bush administration come to power in 2001. This was due to three reasons.
Photo:centralasiaonline.com
Soldiers man a command post during
SCO exercises on the Matybulak
Training Ground September 24, 2010.
The first was the creation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). On June 15 2001, Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan transformed "Shanghai ...
