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sco studies: Photo Wang Wenwen/GT The Shanghai Cooperation Organization SCO should expand cooperation in security and counter-terrorism and strengthen cooperation in politics to consolidate the foundation for cooperation amid the changing international environment, said officials and experts on Monday, according to Global Times China. The remarks were made at a blue book launch ceremony on Monday held by the China Center for SCO Studies and the China Institute of International Studies in Beijing. SCO Secretary General Vladimir Norov and Qi Zhenhong, director of the China Center for SCO Studies, also the book's chief editor, attend the ceremony. The blue book Shanghai Cooperation Organization in the New Era Situation and Task 2018-2019 the second of its kind, is a collection of works by scholars from think tanks in the eight SCO member states as well as those from observer countries and dialogue partners. It covers strategic cooperation, security and economic cooperation, relations between member states and external cooperation. The book analyzes the situation and tasks the group faces, especially after it expanded membership for the first time by incorporating Pakistan and India in 2017 and after the Qingdao summit in 2018. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.