Brahma Chellaney is professor emeritus of strategic studies at the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi and a former adviser to India's National Security Council. He is the author of nine books, including "Water: Asia's New Battleground."
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India is losing interest in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Given differences in aims and objectives, membership provides little benefit
Shanghai Cooperation Organization defense ministers meet in Astana in April: China is increasingly in the driver's seat of the group. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
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