NATO versus SCO, which alliance is more powerful?

[Superboy]

NATO: 28 countries, total area 26.5 million square kilometers, population about 0.6 billion.

SCO: 6 countries, total area 30.2 million square kilometers, population about 1.6 billion.

NATO - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

The SCO is not a military alliance like NATO.

It is a mutual security organization, focused on energy security, border security and anti-terrorism cooperation in the Central Asian region.

 

[C130]

well at least you made this vote thread without being bias in the first post Super Boy.

 

[Superboy]

The SCO is not a military alliance like NATO.

It is a mutual security organization, focused on energy security, border security and anti-terrorism cooperation in the Central Asian region.

What's the difference?

 

[C130]

What's the difference?

he just told you the difference

 

[Superboy]

he just told you the difference

Alliance = a number of countries that are allied with each other. Both NATO and SCO are alliances, no?

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

What's the difference?

Quite a lot.

Firstly, it is not a military alliance. As it specifically states in the SCO charter.

Secondly, there is no mutual defense treaty.

The SCO is an organization based on energy/border security in Central Asia.

 

[C130]

Alliance = a number of countries that are allied with each other. Both NATO and SCO are alliances, no?

NATO=Military Alliance
SCO=Economic Alliance
the two can't be compared.

 

[Superboy]

Secondly, there is no mutual defense treaty.

That's just paper, much like Budapest Memorandum. It's a suggested thing, not a necessary thing.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

That's just paper, much like Budapest Memorandum. It's a suggested thing, not a necessary thing.

NATO's Article 5: The Conditions for a Military and a Political Coalition | Fall 2001

"On September 12, the day after the terrorist attack on the United States, NATO Secretary-General Lord George Robertson announced that, "If it is determined that this attack was directed from abroad against the United States, it shall be regarded as an action covered by Article 5 of the Washington Treaty," otherwise known as the North Atlantic Treaty.

This was the first time that Article 5 - the core element of the treaty and the basis for "collective defense" - had ever been invoked, after 40 years of Cold War and a decade of subsequent peace in which the allies had never needed to call upon this most fundamental strategic and political commitment."

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

That's just paper, much like Budapest Memorandum. It's a suggested thing, not a necessary thing.

Russia itself can already destroy the entire world multiple times over.

And future SCO members will include Pakistan and India, they are clearly not allied with each other either.

It's not an alliance, it's a cooperation organization. Hence the name.

 

[Superboy]

NATO's Article 5: The Conditions for a Military and a Political Coalition | Fall 2001

"On September 12, the day after the terrorist attack on the United States, NATO Secretary-General Lord George Robertson announced that, "If it is determined that this attack was directed from abroad against the United States, it shall be regarded as an action covered by Article 5 of the Washington Treaty," otherwise known as the North Atlantic Treaty.

This was the first time that Article 5 - the core element of the treaty and the basis for "collective defense" - had ever been invoked, after 40 years of Cold War and a decade of subsequent peace in which the allies had never needed to call upon this most fundamental strategic and political commitment."

And how many NATO countries helped the US fight Taliban? Other than Britain, just about no one else came

 

[Water Car Engineer]

NATO doesnt have much DSI, @Superboy . So I think SCO wins.

 

[Superboy]

NATO's Article 5: The Conditions for a Military and a Political Coalition | Fall 2001

"On September 12, the day after the terrorist attack on the United States, NATO Secretary-General Lord George Robertson announced that, "If it is determined that this attack was directed from abroad against the United States, it shall be regarded as an action covered by Article 5 of the Washington Treaty," otherwise known as the North Atlantic Treaty.

This was the first time that Article 5 - the core element of the treaty and the basis for "collective defense" - had ever been invoked, after 40 years of Cold War and a decade of subsequent peace in which the allies had never needed to call upon this most fundamental strategic and political commitment."

And how many NATO countries helped the US fight Taliban? Other than Britain, just about no one else came

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

And how many NATO countries helped the US fight Taliban? Other than Britain, just about no one else came

Dude you are the ignorant joke. There's still a boatload of countries there.

This is the troop levels as of last week (mind you that is 13 years since the start)
ISAF troop number statistics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Country Number
of Troops % of Total
Troops
United States 28,970 70.445%
European Union 9,488 23.072%
United Kingdom 3,906 9.498%
Germany 1,599 3.888%
Italy 1,411 3.431%
Georgia 755 1.836%
Jordan 626 1.522%
Turkey 393 0.956%
Romania 327 0.795%
Bulgaria 320 0.778%
Poland 304 0.739%
Slovakia 277 0.674%
Australia 273 0.664%
Czech Republic 227 0.552%
Spain 181 0.440%
Belgium 160 0.389%
Croatia 153 0.372%
Macedonia 152 0.370%
Denmark 145 0.353%
Armenia 121 0.294%
Hungary 101 0.246%
Azerbaijan 94 0.229%
Finland 88 0.214%
France 88 0.214%
Lithuania 84 0.204%
Norway 57 0.139%
South Korea 50 0.122%
Mongolia 40 0.097%
Portugal 37 0.090%
United Arab Emirates 35 0.085%
Netherlands 30 0.073%
Montenegro 25 0.061%
Albania 22 0.053%
Sweden 13 0.032%
Latvia 11 0.027%
Ukraine 10 0.024%
Greece 9 0.022%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 0.019%
Ireland 7 0.017%
Estonia 4 0.010%
Austria 3 0.007%
Iceland 2 0.005%
Malaysia 2 0.005%
Slovenia 2 0.005%
Luxembourg 1 0.002%
New Zealand 1 0.002%
Bahrain 0 0.000%
El Salvador 0 0.000%
Tonga 0 0.000%
ISAF Exact Total 41,124 100.000%
ISAF Placemat Total[1] 41,124