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Who’s Socialising Whom? Regional Organisations and Contested Norms in Central Asia

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I would like to thank the British Academy for a Small Research Grant, which supported research for this project in Beijing and Vienna.The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) represent competing sets of international norms in Central Asia. The contestation between these sets of norms has not led to a complete polarisation between members of the two organisations, however. Instead, the OSCE has used a range of discursive tactics to reduce political contestation, downplaying some contested issues and seeking shared discourses on security threats. This article explores these tactics and suggests that these discursive shifts may eventually threaten the normative identity of the OSCE and lead to the acceptance of a more hybrid set of security-related norms in the region.

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  • David Lewis, 2012. "Who’s Socialising Whom? Regional Organisations and Contested Norms in Central Asia," Europe-Asia Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 64(7), pages 1219-1237.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ceasxx:v:64:y:2012:i:7:p:1219-1237
    DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2012.701391
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