... economic interaction to security. As it grew larger, the SCO brought together major and smaller players in Eurasia (Belarus, China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, as well as 14 dialogue partners). It included ... ... were undertaken to create and expand security institutions in the heart of Eurasia. In 2002, a decision was made to create the CSTO, a military- political alliance of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan. In 2015, after extensive ...
... Taliban to exert considerable influence over the Afghan peace process and to gain the upper hand over regional rivals namely, India. States such as Turkey and Iran stand to benefit (to some degree) from the internal instability of Afghanistan.
For Turkey,... ... Asian neighbors and that it may be forced to play a greater military role in the region as the primary security guarantor for CSTO allies.
These countries have been actively engaging with the Taliban and the Kabul government, hedging their bets in anticipation ...
... obtained every legal ground for processing Iran's application in compliance with the SCO norms. Besides, after the Ufa summit, India and Pakistan have prepared their memorandums of obligations for acquiring membership in close contact with representatives ... ...
Closer cooperation with international organizations is a must, with the SCO now having formalized relations with the CIS, ASEAN, CSTO, Organization of Economic Cooperation, Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia, as well as the ...
