Founded in 2001, the SCO, which includes the four central Asian nations of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan as well as China and Russia, is rapidly gaining a reputation as an anti-Western organization.That image seems to be one that Mr. Putin is happy to cultivate. Analysts say the Russian president believes the organization is emerging as a bloc that is rapidly becoming powerful enough to stand up to the West.Russia's most pro-government newspapers, often used by the Kremlin as propaganda vehicles, proclaimed the arrival of an "anti-Nato" alliance and a "Warsaw Pact 2." At the annual SCO summit in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek yesterday, Mr. Putin praised the alliance's growing strength. "Year after year, the SCO becomes a more significant factor in strengthening security and stability in the central Asian region," he said....
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