SCO Reflects The Vision Of Peace & Security |
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in Tianjin from Aug 31 to Sept 1 could turn out to be one of the most successful in the organization's history, not least because the world order is changing, with the West rapidly losing its domination of global affairs, even though some Western leaders continue to desperately cling to the illusion of a unipolar world.
Today's world has become irreversibly multipolar. Asia and Eurasia are regaining their rightful place in the emerging new world order. Against this background, four propitious developments have imparted to the SCO Summit extraordinary significance.
First, the end of the Russia-Ukraine conflict seems closer in sight. Not surprisingly, the conflict may not end in ways the Western powers wanted it to: Seeing Russia defeated, militarily and economically, disrupting Moscow's friendly relations with China, weakening China with sanctions and trade restrictions, and subsequently establishing a NATO-style alliance in Asia was the strategic objective of the neo-imperialists. That goal now lies in tatters.
Second, the United States hoped to prop up India, which joined the SCO along with Pakistan in 2017, as a counterweight to China in its "pivot to Asia" strategy. Giving India a prominent place in the Quad, and projecting the four-country strategic........