If you need to write a research paper on International Relations or on some other political issues, we can suggest you quite an interesting topic. Have you heard about the Shanghai Cooperation Organization? You should have heard about it, since nowadays it is one of the biggest economic and military powers in the world. What is more, the territories of the member states of this organization comprise 25% of the whole Earth area.
 
So, research papers on this topic would be rather actual and catchy. If you need information for your research paper, you can find some in this article.

• Let us start with some general facts about this organization. Shanghai Cooperation Organization was found in 2001. This is a multinational organization that includes 6 member states: Russia, China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The official working languages of the organization are Russian and Chinese.
• Research papers on this topic can disclose the reasons for establishing SCO. Actually, the initial and the main reason was the promotion of mutual trust in the military sphere as well as establishment of partnership relations between the member states. By the way, in your research paper you can tell that prior SCO was Shanghai Five (that is Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan), which was found with the Treaty on Deepening Military Trust in Border Regions.

• In the research paper on SCO you can study the future members of this organization and the conditions of obtaining the membership in it. Today, there are 5 states that are considered to be the observers in SCO. These are: India, Mongolia, Iran, Pakistan and Belarus.
• Finally, there is one extremely captivating and controversial issue that should be investigated in your research paper. The main question that you will have to answer, while writing the research paper on SCO, is what the actual reasons for establishing the organization are. In fact, many politicians tend to think that the main purpose of the organization is its role of a counterbalance to NATO and the United States. So, try to find the answer in your research paper.