Multipolarity gives middle powers more choices, but fewer guarantees
- At the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek this week, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian received precisely the kind of political support he had hoped for.
- But the organisation did not offer to defend Iran.
- That distinction between political solidarity and collective defence is important.
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- At the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek this week, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian received precisely the kind of political support he had hoped for.
- But the organisation did not offer to defend Iran.
- That distinction between political solidarity and collective defence is important.
Sources: Al Jazeera