A regional security alliance of Russia, China and four ex-Soviet Central Asian nations can become a global player in the fight against terrorism, a senior Russian official said Wednesday. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s anti-terror unit “is a highly efficient body, and has all it takes to reach a top level in international affairs,” Sergei Smirnov, deputy head of the Federal Security Service (FSB), told a news conference in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent. Full Story