Allying with an evil axis?: the ambivalent role of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Central Asia / Albrecht Rothacher
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RUSI Journal Vol 153 No 1, February 2008, pp.68-73Summary: Provides a short account of the history of the SCO and its predecessor the Shanghai Five. Identifies the SCO as essentially "a mutual support agreement against the domestic enemies of the regimes involved" with a veneer of respectability provided by co-chairs Russia and China. Although this account is highly critical of the SCO and sees its demise as a near certainty, it suggests there may be some benefit in limited engagement by the west with the SCO in relation to Afghanistan where the problems are closer to SCO than to NATO.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Journal Article | Mindef Library & Info Centre Journals | CENTRAL ASIA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not for loan | 23816-1001 |
Provides a short account of the history of the SCO and its predecessor the Shanghai Five. Identifies the SCO as essentially "a mutual support agreement against the domestic enemies of the regimes involved" with a veneer of respectability provided by co-chairs Russia and China. Although this account is highly critical of the SCO and sees its demise as a near certainty, it suggests there may be some benefit in limited engagement by the west with the SCO in relation to Afghanistan where the problems are closer to SCO than to NATO.
NATO, AFGHAN, RUSSIA, CHINA
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