The SCO is evolving from a security bloc into a digital… — Xoaquin Flores - New Resistance

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🌏💻 The SCO is evolving from a security bloc into a digital infrastructure powerhouse. While physical railways remain important, the real game is now about data, AI, cloud infrastructure, and digital payments. China provides much of the technological foundation through the Digital Silk Road, but India pushes back against a Chinese-dominated ecosystem, creating a dynamic tension.

Those who provide the infrastructure also tend to shape the standards, protocols, and technological ecosystem associated with it. Digital connectivity is therefore geopolitical by nature, not by accident.

The SCO's digital agenda treats cyberspace as a domain of sovereignty, clashing with the Western multi-stakeholder model. A country that controls its own data, computing infrastructure, and AI enjoys significantly greater strategic autonomy than one dependent on external sources. The more the SCO connects digitally, the more critical cybersecurity becomes.