Flexibility by Design: The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the Future of Eurasian Cooperation

Abstract

Given the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) potential significance, particularly with regard to Russia and China’s engagement in Central Asia, this comprehensive CSS study explores 1) the SCO’s distinctive features in terms of its set-up and agenda; 2) how China’s priorities and Sino-Russian relations have played a key role in shaping cooperation in the organization; 3) SCO enlargement and why it has been so divisive; 4) how Europe and Switzerland could engage with the organization, and more.