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http://eprints.org/relation/isVolatileVersionOf http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/document/1601 http://eprints.org/relation/ispreviewThumbnailVersionOf http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/document/1601 http://eprints.org/relation/isVersionOf http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/document/1601 archive 4031 disk0/00/00/06/60 2010-05-09 08:19:34 2019-01-23 09:52:35 2011-07-19 16:21:07 thesis show 0 Aris Stephen Averre Derek University of Birmingham unpub HX JQ 10col_socs See Eurasian Regionalism : The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation by Stephen Aris due to be published July 2011 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=488664 The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is emerging as a significant security organisation in Central Asia, but remains understudies in academia. This thesis analyses SCO using primary research interviews across its member-states, and by drawing on theoretical literatures developed for security and regionalism in the developing world. The role of SCO as a security provider and the nature of cooperation within its framework are examined, challenging existing assumptions. It is argued that the SCO is not an "empty vessel" aimed at countering Western influence, but a framework for cooperation on the primary interest of its member-states,regime security. To this end, it is focussed on addressing non-traditional security challenges within Central Asia, and has developed an institutional framework that takes into account the reservations of its member-states' elites about ceding national sovereignty. The thesis concludes that this approach has enabled SCO to become an important element in its member-states' regional policy. In addition, mainstream literatures on regional institutions are critiqued, in particular the impliciit assumption that cooperation between states that are not pluralistic liberal-democracies is inherently limited. To the contrary, in regions of weak states, regime security provides the basis for a different form of cooperation that should not be dismissed. 2010-07 2010-01 graduation eng author This unpublished thesis/dissertation is copyright of the author and/or third parties. The intellectual property rights of the author or third parties in respect of this work are as defined by The Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 or as modified by any successor legislation. Any use made of information contained in this thesis/dissertation must be in accordance with that legislation and must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the permission of the copyright holder. restricted 361 University of Birmingham Department of Political Science and International Studies d_ph esrc 2010-07 graduation