TY - BOOK ID - 7140424 TI - Eurasian regionalism : the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation PY - 2011 SN - 9780230285279 0230285279 1349330442 9786613210043 0230317553 0230307647 1283210045 PB - Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, DB - UniCat KW - Security, International KW - International agencies KW - National security KW - Regionalism KW - Shanghai Cooperation Organisation KW - Asia KW - Foreign relations KW - #SBIB:327.7H31 KW - #SBIB:328H263 KW - Human geography KW - Nationalism KW - Interregionalism KW - Associations, International KW - IGOs (Intergovernmental organizations) KW - Institutions, International KW - Intergovernmental organizations KW - International administration KW - International associations KW - International governmental organizations KW - International institutions KW - International organizations KW - International unions KW - Organizations, International KW - Specialized agencies of the United Nations KW - International cooperation KW - Interorganizational relations KW - Non-state actors (International relations) KW - International organization KW - Andere intergouvernementele organisaties: WTO, ASEAN e.a. KW - Instellingen en beleid: andere GOS-staten KW - Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. KW - SCO KW - Шанхайская организация сотрудничества KW - Shankhaĭskai︠a︡ organizat︠s︡ii︠a︡ sotrudnichestva KW - Shanghai Cooperation Organization KW - Shanghai Organization of Co-operation KW - SOC KW - Shanghai he zuo zu zhi KW - ШОС KW - ShOS KW - Asia, Central KW - Andere intergouvernementele organisaties: WTO, ASEAN e.a KW - Inter-governmental organizations KW - Security, International - Asia KW - International agencies - Asia, Central KW - National security - Asia, Central KW - Regionalism - Asia, Central KW - Asia - Foreign relations - 21st century UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7140424 AB - The emergence of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is attracting significant attention from both governments and scholars. Based on fieldwork interviews with officials and experts from its memberstates, this study examines the evolution of the SCO as a regional security provider and a framework for cooperation. In doing so, it challenges current predominant interpretations of the SCO, which portray it as an anti-Western alliance. Instead, Aris suggests that the SCO is focused on addressing intra-regional transnational security challenges perceived as a threat to regime security by its member-states' leaderships. It is also argued that the SCO's loose and non-binding framework for cooperation is proving relatively successful and appropriate for its regional context. On this basis, the book contributes to the development of theory on regionalism beyond the West, emphasising the importance of investigating regional organisations within their regional context. ER -