\u2713Since China and Russia are co-founders of SCO and its dominant powers, India\u2019s ability to assert itself would be limited and it may have to content itself to playing the second fiddle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2713In addition, India may also have to either dilute its growing partnership with the West or engage in a delicate balancing act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2713Except India, all the other members of SCO have endorsed China\u2019s BRI initiative. India\u2019s <\/p>\n\n\n\n
primary concern is related to the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Infact, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan had long crossed India\u2019s sovereignty red lines when they signed the Quadrilateral Traffic in Transit Agreement (QTTA) with Pakistan in 1995 to use the Karakoram Highway (KKH) passing through Gilgit-Baltistan as a transit corridor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2713Given the state of relations between India and Pakistan, many assume that the spotlight would shift away from Central Asia towards tensions in South Asia, thus making regional cooperation hard to foster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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