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Western concerns about SCO ambitions must be allayed. Kazakhstan can help
SCO members signed an array of economic and security agreements at the summit, aiming to strengthen the organisation’s economic influence through increased trade, investment and connectivity among its members. These connectivity efforts include China’s …