Soğuk Savaş’ın bitişinden buyana ABD ve Batılı müttefikleri, uluslararası ilişkileri politik ve ekonomik kurumlar

Since the end of the Cold War, the US and its Western allies have dominated international relations through variouspolitical and economic institutions. However, with the rise of new power centers, Western governance and USdominance began to be questioned, including by Russia and China. Among other efforts, Russia and China decidedto empower the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in order to attain regional security, establish a new energyclub and reduce US influence in the region. Although the SCO lacks the material and political capacity to confront USinterests directly, this organization has become an important tool to balance the US through the soft balancing policiesof Russia and China. This article evaluates the posssibility of Sino-Russian collaboration through the SCO in terms ofbalancing the dominance of the US.