... the number of players with vested interests in this space, in terms of geography, resources and historical links it would be counterproductive to divide the area and establish several “poles” within one. Instead of nurturing their own projects Moscow and New Delhi, Tehran and Beijing could benefit from improving regional connectivity from different angles for mutual economic betterment. This chapter analyses Russian and Indian connectivity agendas to find out, where their interests and capabilities ...
... chemistry between President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi that should help the two statesmen to harmonize their visions of the Asian security futures; this chemistry was manifested once again when Mr Modi has chosen to visit Moscow in July of 2024 on his first foreign trip after becoming the Prime Minister for the third time.
However, security concerns and challenges that Moscow and New Delhi face these days are often overlapping, but not completely identical. On top of that,...
... the one hand, communication is a favourable tool for strengthening partnerships with the Chinese. Chinese culture, including diplomatic culture, pays more attention to words and images than, for example, American culture. China’s foreign policy discourse is filled with elegant formulations that can be perceived as signals of Beijing’s non-confrontational intentions. China characterizes its dialogue with Russia as interaction between great powers of a “new type”, “relations of comprehensive ...
... Strategic Cooperation to Ensure Security in Afghanistan Following U.S. Withdrawal. RIAC Report
In the present circumstances, the situation can unfold in several different ways, and each scenario can reshape the existing terrorist threats and risks for the SCO and CIS region in some manner.
The first scenario can be described as moderately optimistic. Many countries, particularly and primarily most SCO members, have already de facto accepted the need for constructive engagement with the Taliban government ...
On September 21–22, 2024 Xian (China) hosted an International Forum of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Think Tanks “Promoting Sustainable Development, Creating Common Home”
On September 21–22, 2024 Xian (China) hosted an International Forum of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Think Tanks “Promoting Sustainable Development, Creating ...
... Scenarios of Evolution’. The meeting was an opening event within the initiative aimed at developing the trilateral cooperation of Russian, Indian and Chinese think tanks.
Russian, Indian and Chinese experts discussed the current interaction between Moscow, New Delhi and Beijing on the basis the SCO; the possibilities to apply the Organisation's experience while interacting with the Global South countries, and the prospects of the SCO being a pillar of the Eurasian security architecture.
Andrey Kortunov,...
... energy sector, particularly in the construction of the North–South gas pipeline, which would provide a significant boost to Pakistan's energy infrastructure.
Ivan Timofeev:
Eurasia’s Security System: The Economic Aspect
Impact of regional platforms: SCO, BRI, BRICS and beyond
Regional platforms such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and BRICS have become crucial for enhancing Russia–Pakistan relations. As members of the SCO, Russia and Pakistan ...
It is difficult to imagine that a new system of global and regional security can be based on the “good old” European principles
NATO and the SCO represent two opposing concepts of ensuring international security: through control over the internal politics of the states included in the system, and through intensive diplomatic dialogue between them. We cannot now say with certainty which of ...
... Atlantic Alliance in Washington (July 9-11) and that of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Astana (July 3-4). These organisations are almost total opposites: NATO is an old military alliance created in the very first years of the Cold War, while the SCO is a young association that appeared only 10 years after its end. NATO has a powerful infrastructure for collective military planning, rich traditions and serious executive discipline, while the SCO is an amorphous organisation with a rather weak ...
... powers, especially through forward-deployment of nuclear weapons and their delivery systems, along with other strategic military infrastructure.”
The principle of “equal and indivisible security” has a powerful integrative potential [
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]. Its scope can encompass almost any notions associated with threats and challenges to security. Consider “sustainable development,” which is closely linked to the threat of climate change, as an example [
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]. Certain UN programs [
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] and the popularity ...
