http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-III).15
10.31703/gpr.2020(V-III).15
Published : Sep 2020
The Expansion of Shanghai Cooperation Organization: How can it Improve India-Pakistan Relations?
South Asia is one and only of the tiniest unified region in the world, with a consistent competition among India and Pakistan acting as a tentative wedge to regional cooperation through the SAARC. Nevertheless, India and Pakistan join the multilateral agreement; then both became permanent members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in 2017. Although, it is very initial to envisage that the rival relations of both countries influenced by the forum. This paper tries to explain alternative and possible openings for partnership in several ranges, especially in counterterrorism and security, which may be turning a positive influence on Indo-Pak relations. Further, the negative impression of India & Pakistan contentions on the SCO forum is very low, unlike SAARC. This research also seeks to explore the implications of SCO's engagements on the bilateral relations of India and Pakistan. These engagements may be about to resolve issues about the peace and stability in the nuclearized South Asia.
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Indo-Pak Relations, Kashmir Conflict, Regional Organization, CPEC, SCO, Regional Integration, Conflict Management
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(1) Zab-Un-Nisa
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Government Graduate College Samanabad, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Gul-e-Zahra
PhD Scholar, Department of Political Science & International Relations, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Syed Waqas Ali Bokhari
MPhil International Relations, Department of Political Science & International Relations, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Zab-Un-Nisa., Gul-e-Zahra., & Bokhari, S. W. A. (2020). The Expansion of Shanghai Cooperation Organization: How can it Improve India-Pakistan Relations?. Global Political Review, V(III), 150-159. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-III).15
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CHICAGO : Zab-Un-Nisa, , Gul-e-Zahra, and Syed Waqas Ali Bokhari. 2020. "The Expansion of Shanghai Cooperation Organization: How can it Improve India-Pakistan Relations?." Global Political Review, V (III): 150-159 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2020(V-III).15
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HARVARD : ZAB-UN-NISA., GUL-E-ZAHRA. & BOKHARI, S. W. A. 2020. The Expansion of Shanghai Cooperation Organization: How can it Improve India-Pakistan Relations?. Global Political Review, V, 150-159.
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MHRA : Zab-Un-Nisa, , Gul-e-Zahra, and Syed Waqas Ali Bokhari. 2020. "The Expansion of Shanghai Cooperation Organization: How can it Improve India-Pakistan Relations?." Global Political Review, V: 150-159
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MLA : Zab-Un-Nisa, , Gul-e-Zahra, and Syed Waqas Ali Bokhari. "The Expansion of Shanghai Cooperation Organization: How can it Improve India-Pakistan Relations?." Global Political Review, V.III (2020): 150-159 Print.
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TURABIAN : Zab-Un-Nisa, , Gul-e-Zahra, and Syed Waqas Ali Bokhari. "The Expansion of Shanghai Cooperation Organization: How can it Improve India-Pakistan Relations?." Global Political Review V, no. III (2020): 150-159. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-III).15