The article addressed current political and diplomatic developments within the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Author Benninghoff referred to China's quest for dominance within the alliance, the expansion of Chinese-Russian relations, and India's role as a mediator between the West and the SCO. Within the article, two references were made to previous analyses by Prof. Dr. Gu on the subject. His description of the SCO as an “America-free organization” was taken up, for example. To assess India's strategic goals, author Benninghoff quoted the following assessment by Prof. Dr. Gu: “Like other countries in the Global South, the Indian elites want to end Western dominance in world politics.”
China Expert Xuewu Gu quoted in an article from Handelsblatt China Expert Xuewu Gu quoted in an article from Handelsblatt
Summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Tianjin, China
Political scientist and China expert Prof. Dr. Xuewu Gu was quoted in the article “Three Against the West” (Drei gegen den Westen), published by Martin Benninghoff in Handelsblatt on August 29th.
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Prof. Dr. Xuewu Gu is Associate Fellow at CASSIS, Holder of the Chair of International Relations at the University Bonn, and Director of the Center for Global Studies Bonn (CGS)