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On the security front, regional organizations like the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Gulf Cooperation Council are evolving to include broader intelligence-sharing and collective security measures. The geographic contours of Eurasia—stretching from Western Russia through Central Asia, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia—are becoming interconnected with shared security concerns like terrorism, external destabilization, and economic disruption.
This interconnectedness seeks to build a security fabric that is less reliant on Western military dominance, and more rooted in regional capacity-building and cooperation.