India and the SCO: A Vision for Expanding New Delhi’s Engagement
... “As the political landscape of the region changed at the turn of this century, India restored its historical ties of natural affinity with the Central Asian countries…... ... in the geopolitics of the multiple ambitious integration projects being pursued by China, Russia, U.S. and even India. While integration is viewed as an antidote to Central... ... strengthening cultural foundations and people to people contacts. The inclusion of India and Pakistan as full members in 2017, co-opting Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran and Mongolia...