TY  - BOOK
AU  - WEITZ Richard
TI  - Russia's institutional offensive in Central Asian security
PY  - 2006///
KW  - CENTRAL ASIA
KW  - REGIONAL SECURITY
KW  - RUSSIA
KW  - FOREIGN POLICY
KW  - COLLECTIVE SECURITY TREATY ORGANISATION
N2  - Russia has been steadily reasserting its military presence in Central Asia, most recently through the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO). As well as Russia the CSTO members are Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. This article describes the growth of the CSTO, its attitude to the continued US military presence in the region, and - in a box inset - the possibility that the CSTO will be either an alternative to, or a replacement for, the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation
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