Newswatch: Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Many Americans have never heard of the SCO. It was created to counterbalance Western influence in things economic, military, and diplomatic.For students of AP Comparative Government, it's worth keeping an eye on the SCO since Russia and China are the movers and shakers in the SCO. And Iran is an official observer.
The SCO is meeting now in Kazakhstan. It's a good opportunity to collect teaching materials.
- Afghanistan looms large at SCO security group meeting
It's the only major international organization that has neither the US nor any US ally among its members, and its influence is growing rapidly in trouble-plagued Central Asia…
- Ahmadinejad joins China, Russia leaders at summit
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday joined the Chinese and Russian leaders in a rare encounter at a summit in Kazakhstan, where he launched a new attack on the "slavers and colonisers" of the West…
- SCO decides to draft a new course
The leaders of Russia, China and Iran are meeting in Kazakhstan to discuss security, Central Asia and Afghanistan…
- SCO security summit: Are China and Russia losing patience with Ahmadinejad?
There aren't many places Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the politically embattled president of Iran can go these days to find a receptive audience…
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