CSTO in the Light of Modern Challenges and Threats: Directions for Further Functioning
Abstract
Relevance. This article looks into topical issues concerning the formation and development of the CSTO. The authors believe that the Organization is facing very complex tasks, both political and organizational. At the current stage, the potential of this military-political bloc is not fully used, so the authors note the need to reformat it. The need to reform the CSTO has become particularly actual in the light of the 2020 crisis: the organization, due to its Central Asian orientation, does not have sufficient potential to meet all the national security interests of Belarus and Armenia. This situation is largely due to the special geographical position of Minsk and Yerevan within the CSTO. The authors think that it is necessary to reformat Russia's Union relations with these two countries.
The purpose is to formulate of the authors’ position on the further development of the CSTO.
The objectives are to identify possible vectors for the development of the CSTO, to assess the impact of the mass protests in Belarus and the escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020.
Methodology. The analytical and comparative methods were used in this work.
Results. The authors offer an original solution to the crises in Belarus and Armenia in 2020.
Conclusion. The authors note the need to strengthen the work of the CSTO structures in Central Asia, as well as the possibility of reformatting Russia's union with Belarus and Armenia.
About the Authors
Nikita S. Danyuk
Institute for Strategic Studies and Predictions, RUDN University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Candidate of Historical Sciences, Deputy Director
10/1 Miklukho-Maklaya str., Moscow 117198;
Member of Public Chamber of the Russian Federation
Evgeny V. Semibratov
Institute for Strategic Studies and Predictions, RUDN University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Post-Graduate Student of the Department of Theory and History of International Relations at RUDN University, Assistant Director
10/1 Miklukho-Maklaya str., Moscow 117198
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Danyuk N.S., Semibratov E.V. CSTO in the Light of Modern Challenges and Threats: Directions for Further Functioning. Proceedings of Southwest State University. Series: History and Law. 2021;11(1):58-70. (In Russ.)
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