The SCO Turns 25: Achievements, Challenges, and Looking Ahead. An Expert Discussion

On June 29, the Moscow venue of the Valdai Discussion Club hosted a discussion entitled “The SCO Turns 25: Achievements, Challenges, and Looking Ahead”. Can the SCO establish a framework for financial, economic, and political cooperation that would function as an alternative to established structures? What needs to be done to achieve this? How do relations between SCO member states and the United States and its allies affect the Organisation's development? What will be on the agenda of the upcoming summit in Bishkek? Speakers: Shumkarbek Adilbek uulu, Director of the National Institute for Strategic Initiatives under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic (NISI) Yang Cheng, Executive Dean of the Shanghai Academy of Global Governance and Area Studies at Shanghai International Studies University Yulia Nikitina, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; Associate professor, School of World Political Processes, MGIMO University Sanzhar Valiev, Director of the Center for Foreign Policy Studies and International Initiatives Moderator: Ivan Timofeev, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club