Eurasian Security Architecture: Origins, Core Principles, and Prospects for Evolution

... contradictions, meaning the SCO became an important platform for communication and building mutual trust. Wide-scale efforts 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 preparatory work, the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) was launched. The five members of the Union (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan,...