COLLECTIVE SECURITY TREATY ORGANIZATION – HISTORY, MAIN GOALS, STRUCTURE STRATEGY, MILLITARY FORCES, CONTEMPRORARY CHALLENGES

History

History & Main goals

The Collective Security Treaty Organization originates from the conclusion of the Collective Security Treaty, which was signed in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) on May 15, 1992 by the heads of Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Later, it was joined by Azerbaijan, Belarus and Georgia (1993).

The Treaty entered into force at the conclusion of the national ratification processes on April 20, 1994. The key article of the Treaty is the fourth, which states that:

“If one of the participating states is subjected to aggression by any state or group of states, then it will be considered as aggression against all the states parties to this Treaty“.

Structure strategy

Structure strategy

The Collective Security Council (CSC) is the highest body of the Organization and consists of heads of the member States. It considers the fundamental issues of the Organization’s activities and makes decisions aimed at the realization of its goals and objectives, as well as provides coordination and joint activities of the member States for the realization of these goals. Sessions of the CSC are held alternately in the member States as necessary, but at least once a year.

The chairmanship of the Council is transferred in the order of the Russian alphabet, unless the Council decides otherwise.

Millitary forces

2014

The CSTO has several troop groups consisting of airborne brigades and regiments, units of special services and law enforcement agencies, as well as units of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. In 2013-2014, units specializing in combating illicit drug trafficking (of which about 340 tons had been seized by 2017) appeared in the structure of the bloc.

The backbone of the CSTO's combat power is the Collective Rapid Reaction Force (17,000-22,000 men) and the Collective Rapid Deployment Force (CRDF, 5,000 men), which are designed to eliminate sudden threats of a military nature.

2022

2001

Joint exercises

Every year, the PRT practices tasks during Exercise Interaction, the Rangers sharpen their skills during Rubezh maneuvers, and the peacekeeping forces (consisting mostly of police formations)

On October 10, 2022, exercise "Rubezh-2022" started in Tajikistan, where about 1,000 military personnel from CSTO countries were sent. The exercise focused on the elimination of illegal armed groups that have invaded the territory of a CSTO member state. In addition to 1,000 people, 300 pieces of military and special equipment, including aircraft, helicopters and UAVs, are involved in the exercise.

The decision to create the Central Asian region's Collective Rapid Deployment Forces (CRDF) was adopted by the CST in May 2001 in Yerevan and preceded the creation of the CSTO. In December 2002, the organization received observer status at the UN General Assembly, and the CST ceased to be a part of the CIS legal system and became the main element of the new international security mechanism. The process of integration and practical cooperation within the framework of the organization immediately acquired a practical dimension and a fairly high dynamism, which differs favorably from the nature of relations between the member states at the stage of existence of only the CST.

Millitary forces

The Collective Peacekeeping Forces (CSTO Peacekeeping Forces) also function within the CSTO. For more than five years, the leadership of the organization has been trying to obtain a UN mandate to conduct peacekeeping operations outside the countries that are parties to the Treaty

2019

On February 4, 2009, a draft decision was signed at an extraordinary session of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Force (CRRF), which was conceived as a deeper stage of military and tactical integration within the bloc as compared to the CSTO. Military cooperation became more intensive: each year the treaty participants conduct joint exercises and operations against criminals (not to be confused with combat operations or operations against terrorists)

2009

Contemprorary challenges

An important problem is the state of the legal framework for cooperation among the CSTO member states. An analysis of CSTO normative acts has shown that their norms in most cases do not contain the necessary implementation mechanisms, which are developed independently by the Governing Council of the organization. There is also no unified regulatory strategy for the actions and reactions of CSTO states to international and intra-state conflicts.

The CSTO acts as a bloc capable of resisting the expansion of "Western values" in this region, which are not always justified and interesting for the Eurasian community. At present, there is a tendency of gradual transformation of the CSTO from a military entity into a multifunctional international structure.

Source: https://mfa.gov.by/en/mulateral/organization/list/cddd96a3f70190b1.html

https://en.odkb-csto.org/25years/.

https://en.odkb-csto.org/structure/

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