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The Shanghai Cooperation Organization as a vehicle to promote narratives of China and Russia, with Claus Soong
Episode 246
Friday, 29 August, 2025

From August 31 until September 1, China’s party and state leader Xi Jinping will chair the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in the Chinese port city Tianjin. Among the leaders expected at the summit is Russian president Vladimir Putin. In a new episode of our podcast, MERICS Analyst Claus Soong explores the role of the group in China-Russia relations. He argues that the SCO, which has significantly widened its mandate since it was founded in 2001 as a regional forum for security issues, has become a prototype for Beijing and Moscow to institutionalize their coordination on geopolitical affairs and promote their own narratives as an alternative to the Western-led global order. Recommended reading:China and Russia are using the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to push alternative global order, MERICS Comment by Claus SoongChina-Russia Dashboard: Facts and figures on a special relationship