SCO AS A SUPPORTING ELEMENT OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF GREATER EURASIA
In this article, the authors consider the Shanghai cooperation organization as an institutional platform for promoting the Greater Eurasian Partnership. The article shows that the SCO formation process is closely linked to the Chinese-Russian strategic partnership. The purpose of this article is to identify the effectiveness of the SCO in the Greater Eurasia. The article shows that the future destiny of the organization will depend on the policy of Russia and China in the Eurasian space. The authors believe that the organization is at a crossroads. On the one hand, China's dominance in the SCO, on the other is Russia's attempts to weaken China's dominant position within the SCO. The focus is on the Chinese «The Belt and Road initiative» and the Russian concept «Greater Eurasia». The question of the future evolution of the SCO, how it will determine its role in Greater Eurasia continues to be controversial. The authors consider the prospects of Vietnam as a potential member of the SCO.