Iran has become a full-fledged member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a formidable bloc of Eurasian states that’s led by Moscow and Beijing. Tehran’s accession to the SCO was formalized at a July 4 virtual summit hosted by SCO member India, which currently holds the organization’s rotating presidency. While addressing participants, Iranian President Ebrahim…
Iran Joins Rapidly Expanding Eurasian Bloc Led by Moscow, Beijing
Amid Uncertain Times, Xi Jinping Met Putin at SCO Summit but Not India’s Modi
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping returned to Beijing late at night on Sept. 16 after a three-day trip to Central Asia. During his attendance at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Uzbekistan, Xi held one-on-one meetings on the sidelines with leaders from ten countries. However, he had no such meeting with Indian…
The Summit on the Fate of the Eurasian Heartland
Commentary Washington has become a spectator in the decisive campaign to drive a wedge between China and Russia. Much of the West’s strategic strength in dealing with Russia and China is bound up in the Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), held in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on Sept. 15-16. It is about…
How to Resolve Threat of the CCP’s One Belt One Road Initiative
Analysis Seven years have gone by since China started its One Belt One Road Initiative (BRI) in 2014. In 2013 Chinese leader Xi Jinping first introduced this transnational economic belt initiative, then known as the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. The BRI starts in mainland China, moves along the…
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