The recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit held in Ufa, Russia highlighted Moscow’s engagement with Asia � including China, Central Asia, and India and Pakistan. Richard Weitz, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis at , joins The Diplomat to talk through Russia’s “pivot to Asia,� Sino-Russia relations, and the future of the SCO.
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