Security Regionalism

Author(s):  
Anastassia V. Obydenkova ◽  
Alexander Libman

Unlike the EAEU and the CIS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization includes two key actors—Russia and China. The chapter reviews the specifics of the organization and the functioning of the SCO, and also develops an argument about how SCO could contribute to the longevity of autocratic rulers. It tests whether autocracies which belong to the SCO are characterized by longer tenure of the rulers than those which do not belong to the SCO. Through the trust building between nations, the SCO enables more intensive economic cooperation of authoritarian regimes. Apart from economic support through the SCO, the chapter investigates another potential explanation of autocracy consolidation of the region related to the SCO’s role.

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-174
Author(s):  
Jan Pelikan ◽  
Ondrej Vojtjehovski

The paper discusses the character and specific forms of the Czechoslovak-Yugoslav relations after 1974, when the two leftwing authoritarian regimes settled their dispute, which sprang up after the crushing of the Prague Spring. In addition to interstate and intergovernmental relations, another aspect that was examined is their economic cooperation. The paper is based on as yet unexplored archival sources.


Subject Turkish-Qatari relations. Significance Following President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Doha on November 25, Ankara expects to receive increased Qatari diplomatic and economic support for attempts to expand Turkish influence at several points in the Arab world. Impacts Military and economic cooperation between Turkey and Qatar will increase. The Qataris will be given the best investment opportunities in Turkey. Turkey’s trade links with the UAE will shrink further.


Author(s):  
Milana Bazarova

The publication examines actual issues of interstate economic cooperation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states in the framework of building new transport and communication routes. There was provided the analysis of the SCO normative legal documents in the terms of transport regulation, both road and rail, there were outlined the prospects and opportunities which emerge as a result of the signing of bilateral and multilateral agreements between the members of the Organization. The author describes the current situation of international transport communication routes and also reveals in details the initiatives proposed by Uzbekistan, pointing out his key role in the formation of new Eurasian transit corridors and arteries. Considering the issue of modern Eurasian interstate cooperation mechanisms’conjugation from an standpoint of creating and improving transport and logistics infrastructure, the author notes the possibility of implementing the initiatives of Russia and China on the SCO platform. Combination of such potential integration projects as the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) on the Shanghai Organization platform will create a new model of economic cooperation in the Russia-China-Central Asia triangle. The article also examines the measures taken by the SCO member states to build new and modernize existing road and rail routes on their own territories and on the territory of neighboring states. In the conclusion, it is pointed out that further positive shifts in the developing of the Shanghai Organization transport sector will largely depend on the ability of its participants to take a coordinated policy in the transport and logistics sector.


Author(s):  
D. Gornostaeva ◽  
N. Levitskaya

The article considers the most relevant and important advantages of participation of countries in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), as one of the largest modern organizations in Central Asia. The article analyzes the spheres of interests of the SCO founding countries: Russia and China, their diff erences and contradictions, as well as the problems of economic interaction within the organization that result from this. Based on the speech of the SCO General Secretary Vladimir Norov, which took place on January 15, 2020, conclusions were made on the prospects for further cooperation of the SCO members.


Author(s):  
O. U. Kolegova

The article reviews the current and future directions of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states’ cooperation. The author emphasizes the need of the comprehensive, multi-faceted approach to the de-velopment and expansion of contacts of the countries participants of the organization. Analysis of the key areas of cooperation showed that the greatest prospect projects are in the areas of interaction such as infrastructure construction, transport, energy, technology, agriculture, humanitarian, cultural, and military cooperation. However, the article implies that the economic cooperation within the SCO is the weakest area of activity of the organization, the multilateral economic projects successfully implemented, in fact, are not yet available, as the bilateral cooperation is often implemented without the SCO (despite the fact that the SCO will promote its activation). The author believes that the connection to the SCO such national economies as India and Pakistan can greatly stimulate the development of economic cooperation, to give impetus to the beginning of a number of important multilateral projects. In addition, one of the main causes of economic cooperation deceleration in the SCO, he said the lack of dedicated funding mechanism for multilateral projects.The paper identified the medium-term prospects for international cooperation within the SCO, which have become more apparent in June 2012, at the regular meeting of the SCO Council of State’ Heads, held in Beijing, a brief review of the approved there important documents defining trends of the organization over the next decade.


2021 ◽  
Vol 02 (01) ◽  
pp. 201-208
Author(s):  
Elmirahon Mamatisoq qizi Abdullayeva ◽  

In this article, we would like to provide interesting and important information about the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which provides regional security and economic cooperation around the world. At the same time, we would like to emphasize the important role and place of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the countries of the world, as well as in our beautiful and unique Uzbekistan.


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