India and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

February 14th 2019: the Indian people suffer an extremely serious terrorist attack, about 41 soldiers died in a suicide attack commissioned by the Islamist group “Jaish-e-Mohammed”, based in Pakistan. From this follows a diplomatic conflict and a severe deterioration of the relations with Pakistan; the main point of this conflict being the Indian response by surgical strikes on training camps of the responsible terrorist group, in the Pakistani Kashmir. Tensions are currently at their peak, whereas the two States are members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Then what is the importance of this organization for India?

With the entry of India and Pakistan in the SCO, people that are part of the Organisation are now more than 3 billion, which corresponds to almost half of the world’s population under the aegis of one economic and security organization – an historical first – far away from all the same types of organisations in the world. The situation is evolving importantly and quickly in Asia. This is the case especially for India and Pakistan, these two States have particular and unique situations. That will interest us throughout this analysis is the case of India, and particularly its integration, its economic and safety interests, but also the limits and difficulties that are still there today…