Publication

Jun 2015

This paper discusses how member and observer states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), in particular China, Russia and India, might respond to the advances of the so-called Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. The author argues that the SCO, which traditionally has been an inward-looking collective security bloc, is increasingly looking outward and has expanded its activities to military and counterterrorism cooperation. She concludes that China, Russia and India are particularly concerned about the Islamic State’s rapid expansion and might take on a leading role in fighting radical Islam in Syria and Iraq.

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Author Christina Lin
Series ISPSW Publications
Issue 357
Publisher Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung (ISPSW)
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