Center for International Studies

  CSTO and Afghanistan Crisis: Capability and Possibility to Win a Game Professor Vakhtang Maisaia     Upon approaching to the southern borders of the CSTO countries, except Turkmenistan and partially Uzbekistan (Uzbekistan left Collective Security Treaty Organization – SCTO in 2012), by the “Taliban” forces, neatly at the end of June of 2021 the CSTO leadership expresses great concern on that matter. On June 28, 2021 the first statements were declared on providing key military support in accordance to Moscow Agreement signed up on 14 May 2002, mainly Article#4 that directly provides collective defense principle if one of the member-state is attacked by the third party, it is to be considered as the attack to all member-states. The statement done by Vladimir Zainetdinov, press-secretary of the CSTO. He mentioned that if Tajikistan applies for military assistance due to some reasons, the CSTO will provide immediate support. Later, on July 2, 2021, the Secretary General of the CSTO S

  The USA Influence over the Central Asia and the South Caucasus: Kazakhstan Gambit Professor Vakhtang Maisaia  Due to wargame scenario between Russia and Ukraine and the Kremlin’s inability to subdue the Ukrainian sovereignty by political and military means, the USA begins to try reinforce its geopolitical influence in the Central Asia. The influence steadily decreased when the USA failed its mission in Afghanistan and steadily forged to run away asap. After Pakistan successful coup d’état promotion and deposition of anti-American prime-minister Imra Han and possibility to regain its geopolitical status-quo over Pakistan, the USA Biden Administration launches new geopolitical project: “Caucasus-Caspian regional hegemony”. The process was starting just recently when all of sudden after January turmoil events, the USA Under-Secretary Uzra Zey, who is dealing with human right protection, public security and democracy affairs, officially visited to Kazakhstan and later on in Kyrgyzstan.