NEW GAME CHANGER POWER IN EURASIA: SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION
Journal: Eurasian Research Journal
Year: 2023

The Eurasian geography is a strategic intersection for great powers which are currently interested in the region. After the collapse of the USSR, the Russian Federation seemed to slow down politically between 1990 and 2000 to regain its lost power and maintain its influence in the region. Geography continues to impact states’ survival and foreign policies in the Eurasian region. After the Cold War, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization became one of the critical organizations in the Eurasian reg