Research on construction methods of the Shanghai cooperation organization meta-network model

Abstract

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has an extraordinary role to play in many aspects since its establishment. However, previous achievements of the organization were mainly under political and historical perspective, and quantitative study is scarce. The Social Network Analysis (SNA) is considered to be a powerful data mining tool, and it has become a new hotspot of international relations studies in recent years. This manuscript attempts to explore the relational structure of SCO though the SNA. We gathered some relevant data on Military Exercise of the SCO from the Internet. And then, we made a trial to construct the meta-network models, and obtain evolution of its relationship.