The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and China’s Vision of International Relations

Introduction

1. Conceptual framework: The SCO as an international society

2. The emergence and nature of the SCO

3. Conceptualizing a new international society: The SCO’s flagship concepts

4. Targeting global international society: China as a norm entrepreneur

5. Response to regional security crises

6. Response to security crises outside the immediate orbit

7. Enlargement of the SCO’s ‘group of friends’

Conclusion