The expansion process of the shanghai cooperation organization and its effects on regional balances

Abstract

Although the last century led to the creation of a unipolar world order, it has been observed that the ongoing global activity areas have changed with the new century. The Western nations that ruled the world faced the formation of new power blocks in the east and found their old sovereignty undermined. At this point, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which was born as a joint venture of Russia and China, leads the eastern power blocks. Thanks to the political, economic and military policies it has developed since its establishment, it has become an organization where the demands for membership have increased. Among its members, the world's economic giants China and India, Russia, whose political authority has been accepted by global circles, Pakistan, which plays a key role in the solution of the problem of terrorism, the Central Asian republics, which are a paradise of energy resources, and Iran, the important actor of the Middle East, which the West turns away from, the presence of the organization's global and regional It proves how critical it is for balances. In this study, the situation of regional balances created by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization will be analyzed with the help of its new members, thanks to the expansion policy it has maintained since its establishment.