Regional Security Governance in Post-Soviet Eurasia: The History and Effectiveness of the Collective Security Treaty Organization

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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2021
Tongue: English
Leaves: 211
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book explores post-Soviet Eurasian regional security governance, as embedded in the military alliance of Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). CSTO was established in 2002 and consists of six post-Soviet countries: Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Moving studies of regional security governance beyond the so-called Eurocentrism trend expressed, inter alia, via the focus on Western military alliance, such as NATO, this book examines CSTO as a new, post-Soviet form of regional security cooperation by looking at the reasons and drivers behind the establishment of the post-Soviet Eurasian security governance; the organization's institutional design; the military capabilities of its member states; the degree of the members' integration within the alliance; the cooperation pattern adopted by CSTO members; as well as the effect and effectiveness of this military alliance.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Acronyms
List of Figures
1 “The Major Geopolitical Disaster” as the Prerequisite for the Post-soviet Regional Security Governance
The Book’s Structure
References
2 Theoretical Approaches to Patterns of Military Cooperation and Alliances
Neorealism
Liberal Theory
Constructivism
Rational Choice Theory of Institutionalism
Cooperation Problems and Patterns of Cooperation
References
3 Post-Soviet Eurasia—The Region’s Definition and History of the Post-Soviet Regional Governance
What is the Post-Soviet Eurasia? Definition of the Region
The Post-Soviet Regional Governance—Historical Insight
The Commonwealth of Independent States
The Eurasian Economic Union
References
4 Post-Soviet Reality and the Emergence of CSTO: Reasons and History of the Military Alliance Formation
The Collapse of USSR and the Search of a New Format of Military Cooperation
The Formation of CSTO
References
5 Institutional Design of CSTO
Membership
Scope
Rights and Obligations of the Members
Organization Structure and Control
Centralization
References
6 The Military Capabilities of the CSTO Members-States
Parameters of Military Power
Size of Armed Forces
Size of Military Expenditure
Armenia
Size of the Armed Forces
Size of Military Expenditure
Kyrgyzstan
Size of the National Military
Size of Military Expenditure
Tajikistan
Size of the Armed Forces
Size of Military Expenditure
Belarus
Size of the Armed Forces
Size of Military Expenditure
Kazakhstan
Size of the National Military
Size of Military Expenditure
Russia
Size of the Armed Forces
Size of Military Expenditure
References
7 The Effect and Effectiveness of CSTO
Effectiveness
Armenia–Azerbaijani Conflict
NATO Expansion and American Military Presence
Allies (Un)Support of Russia’s Political-Military Activity
Discussing the CSTO Cooperation Pattern
Effect
References
8 Regional Security Governance in Post-Soviet Eurasia—Summary and Conclusions
Possible Directions for Further Research
References
Index

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