Category: SCO

Tianjin Summit in Review: The Winner Takes It All (But Not Much)

By Felix Brender 王哲謙 “We should continue to unequivocally oppose hegemonism and power politics, practice true multilateralism,” Xi declared in Tianjin last week. Yet for many of the leaders in the room, multilateralism appears to chiefly mean “more of me” ...

Don’t Expect Concrete Results From the SCO Summit – That’s Not the Point

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is gearing up for its annual summit on Sunday, and the same old criticisms are resurfacing: too big, too divided, too vague. And there’s truth to that. What started as a six-member organization in 2001 (consisting ...

Chinese Foreign Minister in India for Critical Talks Ahead of SCO Summit

China's top diplomat Wang Yi arrived in New Delhi on Monday for a two-day visit that will include high-level talks with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, his counterpart S. Jaishankar, and an unusual meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Wang's first order ...

Indian External Affairs Minister Meets with Senior CPC Official

India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met with Liu Jianchao, the head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s gathering of foreign ministers in Tianjin. According to Jaishankar’s X feed, ...

Iran calls for Security Coordination within Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to formalize security coordination between member states. At the body’s Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Tianjin, China, on Wednesday, Araghchi proposed: "a permanent mechanism to monitor, document and coordinate ...

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

The Pain of Un-Polarity

“THE G2 WILL BE CONVENING SHORTLY!”
This post by U.S. President Donald Trump in the run-up to his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week may end up leaving a more lasting mark than the actual summit he attended.

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China’s Xi Vows Greater Support for Russia in Lavrov Meeting

Chinese President Xi Jinping told Russia's top diplomat on Tuesday that their countries should "strengthen mutual support", state media said, as foreign ministers gathered in Beijing for Shanghai Cooperation Organization talks. Meeting Sergei Lavrov in Beijing, Xi said the two countries should ...

Iranian Foreign Minister to Meet Chinese, Russian Counterparts

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will reportedly meet with China’s FM Wang Yi and Russia’s Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Foreign Ministers’ gathering in Tianjin on 15 July. One goal will likely be to boost ...

India, China Move to Normalize Relations, But Tensions Remain

Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) gathering in the Chinese city of Tianjin. This follows high-level bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the event aimed at bolstering bilateral relations. ...

SCO Foreign Ministers Meet as Internal Rifts Deepen

The nine foreign ministers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will meet this week in the Chinese coastal city of Tianjin. It's a bit hard to believe that this is a group that's almost 25 years old now, since it has few, if any, notable achievements.

China Hosts Iranian, Russian Defense Ministers Against Backdrop of ‘Momentous Change’

China hosted defense ministers from Iran and Russia for a meeting in its eastern seaside city of Qingdao on Thursday against the backdrop of war in the Middle East and a summit of NATO countries in Europe that agreed to boost military spending.

India Defense Minister Heads to China Summit

Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh will travel to China this week for talks with his regional counterparts, New Delhi said Tuesday. Ties between the world's two most populous nations have improved in recent months, after hitting a low in 2020 over ...