Author(s): Dr. Anjan Saha

Abstract: Being the most populous country and the second biggest economy in the world, the PRC (Peoples Republic of China) is one of the most consequential State Actors in the contemporary international order/system by any yardstick. Like other great powers she follows a strategic vision or grand strategy to accomplish her aims. Meanwhile, importance of SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) can be gauged from the fact that this relatively new international body, set up in 2001, accounts for 60% of the land mass and 45% proven energy reserves in the world. In this essay I would like to analyse how SCO fits into the Beijing's foreign policy framework and Grand Strategy and whether the different aims and goals of the SCO are aligned with PRC’s interests and objectives.

Keywords: Peoples Republic of China (PRC), Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Grand Strategy, Communist Party of China (CPC), Central Asian Republic (CARs), Confidence Building Measures (CBMs), Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS), Silk Road, Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), design, emergence.

Article Info: Received: 25 Jan 2023; Received in revised form: 21 Feb 2023; Accepted: 01 Mar 2023; Available online: 10 Mar 2023

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.81.2