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Shanghai Cooperation Organization was founded in 2001 under a Declaration signed by the leaders of five independent states from the territory of former Soviet Union and the President of the People's Republic of China. The Charter, adopted by the organization's member states as their basic document, emphasizes their commitment to strengthen their mutual trust and good-neighborliness and friendly cooperation; to keep and maintain the peace, stability and security of the region; as well as to fight together against all forms of terrorism, separatism and extremism. Although there are significant differences between the member states in almost all matters of social and governmental organization, over its ten-year existence the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has proved its vitality and has become respectable entity not only of the regional but also of international cooperation on the whole. In recent years all main actors of contemporary international relations have tried to establish and develop the cooperation with this important intergovernmental association. What the further development of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization will be like and where the organization will be positioned within the future world order is difficult to be definitely determined. Apart from the role of the two leading states of this organization - Russia and China, its eventual position will be greatly influenced by other major international factors as well, which, in the era of unstable energy and other forms of security, find the area of Central Asia ever more significant and attractive.

The problem discusses the approaches to security in Central Asian region, especially the threats of instability and Taliban activities in Afghanistan methods of joint resistance to terrorism and other evils. The differences in SCO members' attitude towards India's future participation in SCO agenda is being considered. The author doubts that SCO can be regarded as a security provider for the region, it is just an instrument of enhancing regional co-operation in various fields.

Describes the innovative and successful Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) that recently began to function as an extension of Soviet-Chinese talks that were initiated to build greater confidence among the participating nations and to begin the reduction of armaments in border areas. Originally five members-China, Russia, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan-expanded to eventually include Uzbekistan. The original border concerns of the international organization have expanded to include questions of security and economic and cultural cooperation. Discusses the historical and political context of the beginnings of the SCO in the late 1990s and early 2000s including the assorted summits and their accomplishments. The full functioning of the SCO beginning in 2004 is assessed with detailed examination of its security objectives and problems, economic and cultural cooperation, and future development prospects. Concludes that the SCO potential is good because it is developing into a viable international organization that engages, attracts, and respects a multipolar and diverse world.

At the present stage, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is arousing great interest in the international community. The leading actors in international relations, such as the U.S., Japan, and the European countries, are keeping a careful watch over the organization's development. The interest of these countries is mainly related to the lack of information about the SCO's actual activity and the organization's real essence. The leaders of the SCO member states constantly assure everyone that the organization has peaceful intentions and is not going to start a confrontation with the West. Nevertheless, some steps and decisions taken by the member states within the SCO arouse suspicion and distrust among the leading global powers. Thus any significant event organized within the framework of the organization is often regarded as a challenge to the West and to the United States in particular. Japan, as one of the leading world powers and Washington's close partner on the international arena, is showing interest in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as well. An increasing number of Japanese experts and researchers have begun reflecting on SCO development issues. In particular, they want to form a clear idea of the organization and understand the cooperation possibilities that can be pursued with the SCO. Japan's current interests in Central Asia can explain the attention Japanese scientists and some politicians are paying to the SCO. It is a well-known fact that Japan has recently become more active in its cooperation with the Central Asian countries in the sphere of atomic energy. Another important factor which arouses Japan's interest in the SCO is Russia's and China's participation in this organization. In particular, Moscow and China can create obstacles for Japanese policy in Central Asia and even make use of the SCO's mechanisms to that end.

At the beginning of the 1990s, collapsing of the USSR caused huge disappointment also political disorder and problems. To solve treacherous conditions and border disputes, joint actions were implemented by China and Russia. As a result, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization was established. On the other side of Asia, Turkey has been trying to become a member of the European Union. Although Turkey has put extraordinary effort, European Countries have not accepted Turkeys' application. As a reflection, Turkey has started to find alternatives and headed to east to vary her options. Turkey requested to apply the SCO. The membership process is ongoing. Becoming a member of SCO has challenges and opportunities for both Turkey and SCO.

"The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is one of the most rapidly developing centres of the multipolar world, covering an enormous landmass including China, India, Russia and its southern Eurasian neighbours. With both its eight member states, and a growing group of observer states, the SCO's activities have expanded beyond its initial focus on security and stability to broader cooperation with the UN and other groupings such as the G20, BRICS, NATO and ASEAN. Bringing together large and disparate nation-states with often rival geostrategic agendas means that it faces substantial structural challenges but also has great potential. The contributors to this volume, representing a range of the states within the SCO, evaluate the possibilities for the Organization, and the challenges it faces in achieving them through a prism of legal regulation. They evaluate the bloc's prospects for economic, humanitarian, legal, trade, labour, migration, and environmental cooperation, as well as it's more traditional concerns with security and defence. The authors, analyzing the quality of cooperation between states within the SCO, note the controversial character of this process: it demonstrates both efficiency and declarative and decorative nature of the SCO. A valuable read for scholars and policy-makers with a focus on Eurasian cooperation, and processes of regionalism and universalism in international relationships"--