Šanghajská organizácia spolupráce - záujmy členských štátov

Oravec, Marián

This thesis examines the interests of the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation with a narrow focus on the interests of the four Central Asian members of the organization. The first two chapters are devoted to theoretical approaches to international relations and the concept of state interest. The work considers liberal-idealistic tradition as the most suitable theoretical approach for applying. There is no single, universally accepted definition of state interest, therefore the assessment of national interest is always subjective in nature. The state interests are then compared in the three chapters focusing on political view, security and economic cooperation. The security cooperation within the international organization is the only area of cooperation with tangible results. Economic cooperation among the countries as members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization is indeed verbally declared, however, the real results are not visible. The work concludes that the common interests of the four Central Asian states are in the area of security and economic cooperation, cooperation in transport infrastructure development, as well as solving energy issues and issues related to water resources. Specific interests of the monitored countries are determined by their geographical location...

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