Comments on: SCO: 2007 Military exercises start today http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/08/09/sco-2007-military-exercises-start-today/ The official Web log for Great Decisions 2007 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:55:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 by: The Conjecturer » The Rise and Fall of Spheres of Influence http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/08/09/sco-2007-military-exercises-start-today/#comment-1084 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:56:50 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/08/09/sco-2007-military-exercises-start-today/#comment-1084 [...] China’s reach is not limited to Pakistan, however. The SCO exercises (barely mentioned in American media) started in Xinjiang, and go west through the bigger players in the SCO. The ultimate result of President Hu Jinato’s visit to Bishkek will be interesting to ponder: will he make any headway in perhaps convincing the Kyrgyz government to stop leasing us Manas? [...] […] China’s reach is not limited to Pakistan, however. The SCO exercises (barely mentioned in American media) started in Xinjiang, and go west through the bigger players in the SCO. The ultimate result of President Hu Jinato’s visit to Bishkek will be interesting to ponder: will he make any headway in perhaps convincing the Kyrgyz government to stop leasing us Manas? […]

]]> by: Central Asia » Blog Archive » The Central Asia Beat, August 6 - 12 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/08/09/sco-2007-military-exercises-start-today/#comment-1008 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:53:36 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/08/09/sco-2007-military-exercises-start-today/#comment-1008 [...] Xinjiang: –Again, yesterday, here: SCO Military exercises began in Xinjiang, and then move this weekend or so to Chelyabinsk.  Chelyabinsk was verboten to foreigners for 30 years–now Chinese troops are lobbing fake bombs and driving tanks in the area.  Amazing.  And–significant.  [...] […] Xinjiang: –Again, yesterday, here: SCO Military exercises began in Xinjiang, and then move this weekend or so to Chelyabinsk.  Chelyabinsk was verboten to foreigners for 30 years–now Chinese troops are lobbing fake bombs and driving tanks in the area.  Amazing.  And–significant.  […]

]]> by: Peace Like A River http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/08/09/sco-2007-military-exercises-start-today/#comment-1001 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:24:07 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/08/09/sco-2007-military-exercises-start-today/#comment-1001 <strong>The SCO Summit...</strong> Indeed, the SCO has become a counterweight to US influence in Central Asia. For instance, take a map and look at where all the member and observer states are, and note they form a rough circle around... Afghanistan. Bonnie Boyd has some good thoughts..... The SCO Summit…

Indeed, the SCO has become a counterweight to US influence in Central Asia. For instance, take a map and look at where all the member and observer states are, and note they form a rough circle around… Afghanistan. Bonnie Boyd has some good thoughts…..

]]> by: Global Voices Online » Kyrgyzstan: SCO summit http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/08/09/sco-2007-military-exercises-start-today/#comment-995 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:20:10 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/08/09/sco-2007-military-exercises-start-today/#comment-995 [...] Ahead of the SCO summit, the member states are convening a joint military exercise in both Xinjiang (Western China) and Chelyabinsk (Russia). While Uzbekistan only sent observers to “Peace 2007″ (so the name of the exercise), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are set to learn something from their more powerful neighbours. Bonnie Boyd comments: Learning security cooperation might not help craft better political policies for border regulation between these three states, but it will help ensure that security forces have a basis for cooperation–once border coordination is allowed politically. [...] […] Ahead of the SCO summit, the member states are convening a joint military exercise in both Xinjiang (Western China) and Chelyabinsk (Russia). While Uzbekistan only sent observers to “Peace 2007″ (so the name of the exercise), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are set to learn something from their more powerful neighbours. Bonnie Boyd comments: Learning security cooperation might not help craft better political policies for border regulation between these three states, but it will help ensure that security forces have a basis for cooperation–once border coordination is allowed politically. […]

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