Prospect of India's membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization: opportunities and challenges

Regional organizations Consider to as a means to achieve to the strategic interest's countries and Act for based on common interests and goals. In fact, consider to the SCO as a regional organization. SCO was formed in 2001 with the participation of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. This article attempts to analyze why India should consider itself as an ideal candidate for SCO membership, despite the member countries indicating that they have no plans to accept new member in the near future. Nevertheless, India should continue to pursue its case for membership, as it will benefit both India and the SCO members. In order to understand and analyze this, the article discusses the origin and growth of SCO and its emergence as a regional international organization. It identifies the potential benefits that India can gain by becoming the full member of SCO. Its also analyses India's present concerns and challenges it would have to confront after obtaining the full membership.