TY - JOUR ID - 50502 TI - INDIA AND SHANGHAI JO - POLITICAL QUARTERLY JA - JPQ LA - en SN - 1735-9678 AU - Aghaie, Seyed Davood AU - Taheri, Ebrahim AD - Professor, Political Science Department, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran AD - PhD Student, Reginal Studies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2013 PY - 2013 VL - 43 IS - 4 SP - 135 EP - 145 KW - economic considerations KW - India KW - membership KW - political KW - SCO KW - security KW - strategic considerations DO - 10.22059/jpq.2013.50502 N2 - From the beginning of the formation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in 2001, India has raised the request for permanent membership in the organization. Several reasons are prompting India's for membership in Shanghai that they can be considered in the forms of strategic, political, security and economic. From political and security landscape this country sought to minimize the border disputes with China over the McMahon border (with China), and the dispute with Pakistan over Jammu and Kashmir region. From an economic perspective, this country seeks to achieve affordable energy, oil and gas resources of member states such as Russia and Iran, and finding consumer markets for Indian goods. The purpose of this article is examination of the motives of India for the membership in shanghai from these three aspects. UR - https://jpq.ut.ac.ir/article_50502.html L1 - https://jpq.ut.ac.ir/article_50502_59845e30899c71ca8232e46f0a80dc49.pdf ER -