The recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit held in Ufa, Russia highlighted Moscow’s engagement with Asia — including China, Central Asia, and India and Pakistan. Richard Weitz, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis at Hudson Institute, joins The Diplomat to talk through Russia’s “pivot to Asia,” Sino-Russia relations, and the future of the SCO.
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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)