Episode 192: India’s SCO Presidency

The recent Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) foreign minister’s meeting in May 2023 seems to have complicated the aims of the SCO and interests of the individual countries that are part of it. While it has shed light on new areas of cooperation among its members – ranging from defence cooperation to economic and cultural cooperation, it has also shown the deeply fragmented relations amongst its member countries. In this episode of South Asia Chat, Ms. Devyani Chaturvedi, Research Analyst, ISAS, is in conversation with Ambassador Nirupama Rao, former Foreign Secretary of India, to discuss what the SCO’s presidency holds for India, its bilateral relations with the region and most importantly, the future of the intergovernmental forum itself.