The Formation and Development of Shanghai Cooperation Organization: US "New Containment Policy" vs. Sino-Russian Strategic Options

• Main Authors: Ju-Shing Hsiao, 蕭如杏
• Other Authors: 沈玄池
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/25463727308679574417

碩士 === 國立中興大學 === 國際政治研究所 === 95 === This thesis aims to explore the implications of the formation and development of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) based on the viewpoints of the resurgency of geopolitical thinking and the strategic interactions among the superpowers. In the post-Cold War era, the international security system transformed fundementally that Euroasia became the ''grand chessboard'' in terms of the new global strategic game among the strong powers. Since the 911 terrorist attack, moreover, the US posed military presence in Central Asia that conducts a strategic containment towards Russia and China. What is the context of US policies towards Central Asia? How Russia and China recogsnize such a ''New Containment Policy'' raised by US ? Is the SCO the critical option of Sino-Russian strategic responses to the US? This paper, firstly reviews the research literature on ''geopolitics'' and ''superpower strategies'' to demostrate the transformation of international strategic framework, and then defines the role of Central Asia in it. Secondly, this paper analyzes the contexy of US global and regional strategic policies as well as the meanings and effects of US economic assistance and military presence in Central Asia. Thirdly, the Sino-Russian Central policies also be discussed under the concepts of the legacy of Russian traditional interests in this area as well as the ''peaceful ascendency'' of China. In addition, the security and development needs of Central Asian states also examines to correspond to the SCO construction. Finally, this paper answers the research guestions regarding the characteristics of SCO and predicts its evolution in the near future.