Can the SCO become a more influential force globally?
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- scmp.comseen 16 Aug, 03:42headline rewritten
Opinion | Can the SCO become a more influential force globally?Opinion | The SCO is caught between regional weight and global ambitions
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Tue, 11 August 2026
2 reports- South China Morning Post01:30first to report
Despite representing nearly half the world’s population, accounting for about a quarter of the world’s gross domestic product and covering more than 60 per cent of the Eurasian land mass, the role of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in the international arena remains relatively limited. While the SCO has long been a priority in China’s neighbourhood diplomacy, the grouping also serves as a platform through which all member states pursue their own foreign policy goals. What would it take...
- scmp.com01:30edited after publishing
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Opinion | Can the SCO become a more influential force globally?As the SCO marks its 25th anniversary, internal rifts as well as limited financial integration and security cooperation are holding it back.