... Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran,
announced
that the political obstacles to Iran’s membership in the SCO had been removed so that Iran’s SCO membership could be finalized. Besides, throughout this year, Russia has repeatedly
urged
to endorse Iran’s bid for SCO membership.
Intrinsic Motivation
Endorsing Tehran’s bid for SCO membership was the first significant victory for the new ultra-conservative Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi’s foreign policy. One of the key tasks for the Islamic Republic’s new ...
... Arun K Singh, Member, NSAB, former Ambassador to the US; Gleb Ivashentsov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation; RIAC Vice President; and Hosein Ebrahim Khani, Senior Researcher, IPIS and Former Ambassador to Vietnam
During Session 3 experts assessed the impact of the Afghan crisis on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) agenda and Iran's full membership in the SCO launched in 2021. SCO’s search for a common approach to solving the Afghan issue assessing ...
... cooperation, to reveal the commonality and differences in their approaches to common threats and challenges. The Report discusses Russian and Iranian vision of global governance and role of great powers, cooperation in the Middle East region, Central Asia and Afghanistan, trade and economic relations, common transport projects and interaction in international organizations such as SCO, EAEU, SREB initiative etc.
Editor-in-Chief:
I. Ivanov, RAS Corresponding Member, Dr. of History
Authors:
B. Amirahmadian,...
... constructing the North-South transportation route was the subject of a lively discussion at the summit; in the future, this route could become the Suez Canal’s direct competitor. The North-South project was first mentioned in September 2000, when Russia, Iran, and India
signed an agreement
on connecting St. Petersburg and Mumbai via a transcontinental transportation corridor. The RZD’s interest is clear, almost half of the land corridor passes through Russia’s territory, but Azerbaijan and Iran are also interested in cargo transit. The entire Astara – Qazvin route connecting ...
... relations with Russia are only growing stronger. Russia delivered the advanced S-300 air defense system to Iran in April. When Iran’s Defense Minister came to Moscow in February he reportedly brought the country’s $8 billion dollar wish list for Russian military equipment.
While Iran should not abandon their push for SCO membership, the Iranian leadership should temper their expectations. The next year will begin to reveal if the inclusion of Pakistan and India will bring new energy and ideas to the organization or if it becomes a defunct political quagmire. Regardless,...
