ANALYSIS OF NON-TRADITIONAL SECURITY COOPERATION ISSUES AMONG CENTRAL ASIAN MEMBER STATES OF THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is a regional multilateral cooperation organisation. Since its establishment, it has always maintained the maintenance of regional security and stability, and non-traditional security cooperation within the organisation has been an important task in recent years. From the geopolitical point of view, the member states of the Central Asian region are located in the region of the Eurasian continent connecting point, bordering with Afghanistan and other places, due to its special geographic location, has become an important area of intense competition between political forces, the security sphere, especially the non-traditional security issues are prominent. Therefore, the SCO's non-traditional security co-operation is mainly aimed at the Central Asian region. A series of non-traditional security issues such as “three forces”, drug problem, territorial disputes, ethnic conflicts, religious issues, energy, water resources and other issues have become important factors influencing national security issues. This paper explores the issue of non-traditional security cooperation in Central Asia under the framework of the SCO, as an important member region of the SCO, intra-regional non-traditional security cooperation is of great significance to the maintenance of stability and development of the SCO region. It is in the national interests of all SCO member States to jointly develop transnational and multifaceted non-traditional security cooperation and to establish new cooperation mechanisms.