{"id":28736,"date":"2018-10-24T14:34:47","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T09:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=28736"},"modified":"2018-10-24T14:34:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T09:04:47","slug":"indias-pivot-to-eurasia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-pivot-to-eurasia\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s pivot to Eurasia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/lead\/indias-pivot-to-eurasia\/article24203924.ece\">India\u2019s pivot to Eurasia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><u>Article:<\/u><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>S Raghvan, Convenor of the National Security Advisory Board expressed his views on how new Eurasian dynamics transform with an inevitable impact on SCO.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"638\"><u>About SCO<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Shanghai Cooperation Organization(SCO) grew out of the \u00a0Shanghai five grouping- Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan.<\/li>\n<li>The SCO is a Eurasian, political, economic, and security organisation.<\/li>\n<li>The creation of SCO was announced on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai, China.<\/li>\n<li>The original six nations, with the exception of Uzbekistan, were previously members of the Shanghai Five group, founded on 26 April 1996 in Shanghai.<\/li>\n<li>India and Pakistan joined SCO as full members on June 2017 at a summit in Astana, Kazakhstan.<\/li>\n<li>It admitted Uzbekistan in 2001, re-christened itself the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and broadened its agenda to include political, economic and security cooperation.<\/li>\n<li>SCO now has about half the world\u2019s population and a quarter of its GDP.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Importance of SCO<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0It is often dubbed as the \u201calliance of Asia\u201d , due to its growing importance and centrality in the Asian continent.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0It is worlds\u2019 forefront regional organisation in economic power and political influence.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 One of world\u2019s strongest military alliances and largest regional organisation in economic and political influence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Objective behind setting SCO<\/u><\/p>\n<p>To resolve boundary disputes between China and each of the four other members.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><u>Important Analysis:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>2. The SCO summit was held recently in Qingdao, China.<\/p>\n<p>3. India attended SCO meeting for the first time as a full member.<\/p>\n<p>4. India has been an observer since 2005.<\/p>\n<p><u>5. Opportunities before SCO:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Admission of India and Pakistan has expanded the geographical, demographic and economic profile of the SCO, which has about half of the world\u2019s population and a quarter of its GDP.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>6. SCO\u2019s relevance for India:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SCO\u2019s relevance for India lies in geographical, economic and geopolitics.<\/li>\n<li>Its members occupy a huge landmass adjacent to India\u2019s extended neighbourhood, where India has important economic and security interest.<\/li>\n<li>With Pakistan joining the organisation and Afghanistan and Iran are also looking for membership, the logic of India\u2019s membership becomes stronger.<\/li>\n<li>In the formative years of SCO, Russia strongly pushed India to join it, to balance China\u2019s \u00a0economic dominance in the region.<\/li>\n<li>China since consolidated its energy and economic foothold in Central Asia, where ambitious infrastructure and connectivity projects are envisaged as part of its Belt and Road Initiative(BRI).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>7. India-Central Asia<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Central Asia consists of five countries (Kazakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) collectively known as\u00a0Central Asian Republics(CAR) and Underbelly of Eurasia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1382 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/currentaffairs.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Central-asia-pic.png?resize=469%2C381\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"381\" \/><\/p>\n<p><u>Strategic Location of Central Asia:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Geographic location of these countries makes them a bridge between different regions of Asia and between Europe and Asia.<\/li>\n<li>India\u2019s ties with central Asian countries has been in challenge since the break of Soviet Union due to inaccessibility caused by Pakistan and Afghanistan troubles.<\/li>\n<li>New Multimodal transport corridors now envisaged through Iran, there are again prospects of invigorating trade and investment lines with this region.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>8. Positives for India:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>With new multimodal transport corridors now envisaged through Iran, there are again prospects of invigorating trade and investment links with this region.<\/li>\n<li>As per Russia, India and Pakistan would be able to solve their disputes as did the China, Russia and other SCO members.<\/li>\n<li>India can be benefitted by Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) of the SCO, which coordinates cooperation for security and stability, through intelligence-sharing on criminal and terrorist activities.<\/li>\n<li>Defence cooperation between members will be strengthened. India has agreed to participate in the SCO\u2019s counter-terrorism military exercises in Russia.<\/li>\n<li>Russia and China also carefully avoid strong anti-West postures in the SCO, preferring to deal with differences quietly and bilaterally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>9. Challenges <\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cooperation between India and Pakistan will remain a challenge in various areas such as defence, anti-terrorism, Afghanistan.<\/li>\n<li>Increase in dominance of China may happen if US tries to Isolate Russia and Russian dependence will increase further on Chinese Economic prowess.<\/li>\n<li>Another situation is when US military presence may decrease in the region if N. Korea and US peace process gets fruitful may change the balance of forces in favour of china.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s pivot to Eurasia Article: S Raghvan, Convenor of the National Security Advisory Board expressed his views on how new Eurasian dynamics transform with an inevitable impact on SCO. About SCO The Shanghai Cooperation Organization(SCO) grew out of the \u00a0Shanghai five grouping- Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan. 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