SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION AS A REGIONAL CORNERSTONE: REGIONALIST CRITIQUES

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation has had its critics since inception in 2001 with regards to how meaningful and organisation it really is, capabilities becoming a regional cornerstone. purpose of this piece is critically evaluate any why the SCO struggled establish itself, through main directions Russian Chinese power projection what effect that on SCO’s region building capability. significance work lies bridging traditionally competing schools thought regionalism: classical regionalist new approaches. analytical utility approaches account well for projection, but are not sufficient explore role as an institution within which community like-minded states interact reify shared norms. use either approach isolation therefore struggles intricacies SCO, thus limits explanatory potential critical organisation. recognition need theoretical flexibility when dealing organisations do quite fit normative culture recent thought, instead adopting more multi-faceted harness multiple theories single-case study.