SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION AS A REGIONAL CORNERSTONE: REGIONALIST CRITIQUES
Journal: Journal of history
Year: 2022

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation has had its critics since its inception in 2001 with regards to how meaningful and organisation it really is, and its capabilities in becoming a regional cornerstone. The purpose of this piece is to critically evaluate how any why the SCO has struggled to establish itself, through the main directions of Russian and Chinese power projection and what effect that has on the SCO’s region building capability. The significance of this work lies in bridging traditi