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SCO is neither about security nor good neighbourliness, but it has a hidden potential

The meetings of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) have always evoked interest in the West, and a measure of envy, given its sheer size and continuing expansion. The fact that the summit was held virtually, rather than with the usual pomp and ceremony accorded to such events, led to even more speculation than usual with US analysts ascribing this to Washington’s pressure on Delhi, and ‘awkwardness’ after the fanfare of the Modi visit to the US.