# ‘Sea Change’: Much of the world’s economic GDP has moved to the Asia-Pacific region — Rana Mitter

https://mins.news/en/item/39785

- France 24, 2026-09-01 05:22 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20260901-sea-change-much-of-the-world-s-economic-gdp-has-moved-to-the-asia-pacific-region-rana-mitter

> Historian Rana Mitter says the Shanghai Cooperation Organization reflects the evolution of a changing international system. Once mainly a symbolic vehicle for China and Russia to signal distance from a US-led order, it is becoming a forum where Asian powers coordinate around the material foundations of security, including energy, technology, infrastructure and trade.

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