Abstract
Autore:
Bordone Sandro
Titolo:
"La Shanghai Cooperation Organization"
China , Russia and the Central Asian states of Kazakistan, Kirghizistan, Tagikistan and Uzbekistan formed the Shanghai Co-operation Organization (SCO) in 2001. China ´s backing for an SCO charter, permanent secretariat and anti-terrorism centre for the past three years reflects its desire to strenghten the SCO in countering United States influence in Central Asia . Diplomatically, China fears that the American presence means that regional states will be less accomodating in China ´s political demands. Economically, China worries that the United States ´ support for American petroleum companies will compromise Chinese efforts to wrest concessions from Central Asian governements. Security-wise, with bases close to China ´s western borders, Washington can assist Beijing in flushing out Xinjiang separatists or terrorists operating in Central Asia, or put military pressure on China , should it be perceived as a threat. The American presence and the resurgent Russian involvement in Central Asia seem to have put China ´s influence in the region on the defensive
