Zeng Xianghong Chen Yazhou (102)

【Abstract】To provide new dynamics for the development of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization ( SCO) ,China promoted an initiative of ‘a community of shared future for the SCO’ in 2018 Qingdao SCO Summit. Owning to the short period of introducing the concept of ‘a community of shared future for the SCO’, few researches have been done. In order to make this initiative an effective research agenda, it is not only necessary to clarify the connotations of ‘a community of shared future for the SCO’, but ·158· World Economics and Politics No.1,2020 also necessary to embed it in the study of the international community, international organization and major powers diplomacy, etc., and summarize its general theoretical propositions. In terms of the matters of the construction of a community of shared future for the SCO, it is necessary to answer the following questions: the theoretical and practical significance of this initiative, the basic path for the realization of the initiative, the foundations and conditions for the establishment of the community, the challenges and obstacles facing the construction of this community, measures and suggestions for its future constructions, etc. At the same time, it is also important to integrate these subordinate concepts such as ‘community of shared future for the SCO’, ‘community of shared future for neighboring countries’ and ‘community of shared future for mankind’ into a research spectrum, so as to clarify the connotations and implications of ‘a community of shared future for the SCO’, and identify the driving forces and mechanisms of the evolution of this community, and summarize the particularities and universality of the development of the SCO from theoretical perspectives.

【Key Words】community of shared future for Shanghai Cooperation Organization, international community, international organization, major power diplomacy, SCO way

【Authors】Zeng Xianghong, Professor of Institute for Central Asian Studies, Deputy Dean of School of Politics and International Relations, Lanzhou University; Chen Yazhou, Ph.D. Candidate of School of Marxism and Institute for Central Asian Studies, Lanzhou University.