IS THE SCO COMING TO LIFE?
By Richard Weitz (8/8/2012 issue of the CACI Analyst)
For the first time in many years the SCO held a summit that actually mattered. The attendees at the June 6-7 annual meeting of the heads of state of the SCO member states admitted Afghanistan as a formal observer country and designated Turkey a dialogue partner. Perhaps the reality of NATO’s impending military withdrawal from the region has finally spurred the SCO to assume a more forthcoming role in securing Afghanistan’s security.
CSTO MINUS UZBEKISTAN: IMPLICATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE SECURITY IN CENTRAL ASIA
By Farkhad Tolipov (8/8/2012 issue of the CACI Analyst)
While Uzbekistan’s President Islam Karimov participated in the May 15 CSTO summit in Moscow, Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on June 28 that Uzbekistan suspended its membership in the organization. This sudden and seemingly paradoxical decision is a consequence of a changing geopolitical context in the region and indicative of Uzbekistan’s preference for bilateral security arrangements. Not only did the decision once again reveal that the collective security organization lacks collectivity but it also raised the conceptual question of revising the existing regional security arrangements in Central Asia.
Pakistan and the U.S.: Forging A New Catastrophe?
By Naveed Ahmad (8/8/2012 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Pakistan reopened NATO’s logistical route to Afghanistan on July 4. This was made possible by an official apology from the U.S.
CSTO PREPARES FOR POST-2014 AFGHANISTAN
By Roger N. McDermott (6/27/2012 issue of the CACI Analyst)
There are growing indications that the ongoing transformation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) from a more narrowly focused collective security organization into a body capable of meeting a much wider set of modern threats is trying to fill potential voids in Central Asian security after the NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014. As the CSTO positions itself as the main multilateral vehicle for the Central Asian states to bolster regional security it appears to focus on several key areas: border security, developing rapid reaction and peacekeeping capabilities, reforming its legal mechanisms to act across a wider range of mission types and promoting its image as a genuinely strong political-military alliance.
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