The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) share overlapping strategic missions: to reconnect the currently fragmented Eurasian landmass and to strengthen cross-continental connectivity. While the SCO provides the overarching political and institutional framework for bringing Eurasian states closer, the BRI concentrates more on concrete development projects within that framework.

The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) share overlapping strategic missions: to reconnect the currently fragmented…

The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has become one of the key drivers of practical cooperation across the SCO space. It is no coincidence that Chinese leader first…