Can the SCO become a more influential force globally?

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The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) represents nearly half the global population and significant economic weight but remains a limited force internationally. The SCO serves as a platform for member states’ foreign policy pursuit and regional cooperation across Eurasia.

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 for...