The role of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in the China`s New Security Concept

Abstract

Using the methods of content analyses we will anatomize the position of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), within China`s New Security Concept and multilateralism based on it. Introducing the new way of security perception is a confirmation that official Beijing becomes more active and constructive in creating supportive environment with the aim to realize national goals. The first part of this paper will tackle the changes that occurred in Chinese understanding of the security concept. This will help us to understand the reasons why People`s Republic of China (China) besides bilateral diplomacy, started to pursue the multilateral channels of communication. Simultaneously, those changes show us how China perceives position within the international order and relations with other states. The second part of this paper will be dedicated to the institutional development of the SCO. Analyzing institutional, logistical and personnel enlargement of the SCO, we will see what kind of goals, not only China, but as well other member states wanted to achieve. In the same part of this paper we will analyze the concrete movements that China triggered through or supported by this Organization with aim to create stable security architecture in Central Asian region. Stable environment is needed from both levels, economic and political.