The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is attracting significant attention from governments and scholars. This study examines the evolution of the SCOas a regional security provider and a framework for cooperation, drawing on fieldwork interviews with officials and experts from its member-states. STEPHEN ARIS is Senior Researcher at the Centre for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and an editor of 'Russian Analytical Digest'. He has published several articles on security and regionalism in the post-Soviet space and the Asia-Pacific, including, among others, 'Europe-Asia Studies' and 'Cambridge Review of International Affairs'. INDICE: Introduction - The SCO's Model for Regional Cooperation: an Institutional Framework within the Regional Context of Central Asia - The Member-States' Perceptions on Security, Regional Cooperation and the SCO - Common Agenda, Disagreements and Changing Perceptions on Multilateralism - Approach to Regional Security: Conceptions, Foci and Practices - Regional Security Governance in Eurasia? - External Policy: Common Narrative, Other Eurasian Organisations and Expansion of Membership - Conclusion - Appendix 1 bKey Developments in Evolution of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation - Bibliography
- ISBN: 978-0-230-28527-9
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha Publicación: 29/07/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés