Nowadays, however, the SCO is often used as a forum to campaign against supposed American unilateralism and to provide a united front – especially between China and Russia – against the US with respect to security and arms-reduction issues in the region. This includes joint anti-terror training and demands to reduce US forces in the region, particularly from Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.
中国在上合组织中积极扮演领导者角色，产生了其所希望的政策。上合组织逐步将其重点转移到打击伊斯兰恐怖主义。但是目前，上合组织经常被用来作为反对想象中的美国的单边主义的论坛，并为在该地区的安全和军控问题上反对美国而提供统一战线，特别是在中国和俄罗斯之间。这包括联合反恐训练以及要求美国在该地区、特别是从乌兹别克斯坦和吉尔吉斯坦削减兵力。