Western observers often take the view that the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation was designed to act as a counterweight to Nato. Will it become one? Sijbren de Jong (HCSS) and Jan Wouters (Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies) do not think so.
In an article for EUobserver they argue that – the recent joining of India and Pakistan notwithstanding – the organization above all still only represents a loose coalition of states lacking genuine shared interests.
The full article can be read here.