Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization have wrapped up their final day of meetings in Astana, Kazakhstan. The SCO is the world's largest regional organization with a focus on security, trade and cooperation in Central Asia. What issues were high on the agenda at the two-day summit? What can we expect this year as China takes over the rotating presidency? And how can the SCO play a greater role in regional security and development?

Guests in this edition of Dialogue are Zhao Hai, director of International Political Studies at the National Institute for Global Strategy; Djoomart Otorbaev, former prime minister of the Kyrgyz Republic; and Prof. Seyed Mohammad Marandi from the University of Tehran.