Lecture posted September 7, 2006 by Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
The Dragon Looks West: China and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(Delivered August 3, 2006)
In 1996, five countries-China, Russia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and
Kazakhstan-formed an organization, the Shanghai Five, to
resolve border disputes among its members. With the addition of
Uzbekistan in 2001, it became the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization (SCO), a grouping of Russia, China, and a number
of under-developed and…