1st Edition

China's Approach to Central Asia The Shanghai Co-operation Organisation

By Weiqing Song Copyright 2016
184 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

182 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

182 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines, comprehensively, the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation, the regional organisation which consists of China, Russia and most of the Central Asian countries. It charts the development of the Organisation from the establishment of its precursor, the Shanghai Five, in 1996, through its own foundation in 2001 to the present. It considers the foreign policy of China and of the other... Read more

Introduction: The Silk Road Rediscovered

1. Anatomy of China’s Neighborhood Policy

2. China’s International Leadership in the SCO

3. Institutionalisation of the SCO

4. International politics of the SCO

5. Political and Security cooperation

6. Economic and Functional Cooperation

7. Cultural and Educational Cooperation

Conclusion: The Road Ahead

Biography

Weiqing Song is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Macau, China.