The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and China’s Vision of International Relations The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and China’s Vision of International Relations; The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is the first and most established regional organization initiated by Ch...

You can preorder the book here: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-shanghai...

The book analyses how China uses the SCO to promote its own vision of int’l relations. Among others, it explores the SCO’s reaction to 6 regional & international security crises, incl. in Afghanistan, Syria & Ukraine. Naturally, it also delves into the Sino-Russian relationship, esp. in Central Asia

Less than 6 weeks until the publication of my book “The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and China’s Vision of International Relations” 🎊!

China on peace in Ukraine: What to expect based on the track record of Beijing’s narratives - EUvsDisinfo China has been promoting itself as an impartial and constructive actor on the global stage, including in resolving what they refer to as the “Ukraine crisis”. This article looks at the evolution of Ch...

While China promotes itself as impartial actor in resolving what it calls the “Ukraine crisis”, @merics.bsky.social researchers @grzegorzstec.bsky.social and @evaseiwert.bsky.social show how China’s peace narratives aligned with Russian interests during three years of full war. euvsd.info/Hh4DY60Y

Thanks Anahita 🥰!

This will be essential reading for some of you, I think.

Thanks, Jonathan! I hope it’s useful to many China and SCO watchers 🙂

I look forward to the publication of my book “The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and China’s Vision of International Relations” on 26 May 🎉

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Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Finalize Border Agreement With final documents ready for ratification and then presidential signatures, contemporary Central Asia’s bloodiest conflict nears a conclusion.

Government officials from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan at last finalized a border delimitation agreement during a meeting at the Ala-Archa state residence in Bishkek on February 21

Eine 28-Jährige in Bayern soll nicht Lehrerin (Beamtin) werden dürfen. Sie ist Klimaaktivistin und Kapitalismuskritikerin.

Ein 28-Jähriger in Bayern soll seinen Beamtenstatus behalten. Er wird, nachdem er eine Frau vergewaltigt hat, nur zu einer Bewährungsstrafe verurteilt.

Indonesia officially becomes full member of BRICS bloc – DW – 01/07/2025 The BRICS bloc of developing nations has a tenth full member: Indonesia. The world's fourth-most populous nation officially joined the group on Monday, alongside India, Russia, China and others.

Indonesia officially becomes full member of BRICS amp.dw.com/en/indonesia...

"The International Community Should Uphold the "Four Respects" on the Middle East Issue" - A full translation of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement following Wang Yi's meeting with the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi yesterday in Beijing:

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Many Western observers view #BRICS as an increasingly anti-Western organization. @evaseiwert.bsky.social argues that it would be wrong to interpret it as one pole of a two-sided geopolitical competition between #China and Russia and the West: merics.org/en/comment/a...