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Off Center 　　The author is director of the Center for Eurasian Security and Development at the China Institute of International Studies 　　Compared with its outstanding achievements in maintaining regional security and stability， the Shanghai Cooperation Organization （SCO）—which consists of China， Kazakhstan， Kyrgyzstan， Russia， Tajikistan and Uzbekistan—has not made much progress in terms of encouraging multilateral economic cooperation. Among the many obstacles blocking economic cooperation， the most problematic ones stem from poor relations among Central Asian countries. Regional cooperatio