Pakistan and Regional Cooperation Organizations: Towards a Futuristic Approach

Irfan Shahzad, null

doi:10.13169/polipers.14.1.0121

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Author(s): Irfan Shahzad

Publication date (Print): 2017

Journal: Policy Perspectives: The Journal of the Institute of Policy Studies

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Pakistan is member of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) for past more than three decades. It is also an observer of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and expected to get full membership in June 2017. The track record so far and prospects ahead indicate that SAARC will remain hostage to Pak-India tensions, and India's quest for dominance. ECO, while not having recorded a desirable progress either, signals comparatively more potential. Cooperation with China and Russia from ECO's platform seems a bright possibility. SCO, with both security and economic cooperation in its scope, presents even brighter prospects for Pakistan for a broader regional level engagement. Besides, inter-organization cooperation and sub-regional initiatives can be explored and fostered.

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Journal ID (doi): 10.13169

Journal ID (publisher-id): polipers

Title: Policy Perspectives: The Journal of the Institute of Policy Studies

Publisher: Pluto Journals

ISSN (Print): 18121829

ISSN (Electronic): 18127347

Publication date (Print): 2017

Volume: 14

Issue: 1

Pages: 121-130

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Irfan Shahzad is Lead Coordinator at the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Islamabad.

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DOI: 10.13169/polipers.14.1.0121

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[1] Feld, Werner and Gavin Boyd, “The Comparative Study of International Regions,” in Comparative Regional Systems , eds. Werner Feld and Gavin Boyd. New York: Pergamon Press, 1980.

[2] Husain, Javid. Pakistan and a World in Disorder: A Grand Strategy for the Twenty-First Century , 2016.

[3] Husain, Javid. “Pakistan's Option: SAARC or SCO”, in Criterion Quarterly , Vlm. 7 No. 4 (2013).

[4] Kaler, Sunita. “Successes and Failures of SAARC” in Indian Journal of Applied Research , Vlm. 6, Issue 3, March 2016.

[5] Rahman, Khalid. “Regional Cooperation, Global Changes, SAARC and China” in Policy Perspectives , Vlm. 9, No. 1 (2012).

[6] Saez, Lawrence. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) — An emerging collaboration architecture . New York: Routledge, 2011.

[7] Siddiqa, Arhama. Significance of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) for Pakistan, ISSI Issue Brief , June 09, 2016.

[8] Zingel, W. P. “The State of Food and Nutrition in South Asia” in The Merits of Regional Cooperation: The Case of South Asia , edited by Siegfried O. Wolf, Paulo Casaca Flanagan, Anne J. and Catia Rodrigues, 80, Switzerland: Springer, 2014.