The Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Its Potential Influence on Regional Security in Central Asia

Voices From Central Asia No. 10, March 2013

By Sanat Kushkumbayev

The functioning of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which comprises a group of rather disparate countries, remains a remarkable phenomenon in the contemporary system of international relations. As it enters the second decade of its existence, the SCO continues to be appraised in different ways by experts and observers.