Collective security treaty organization between illusion and anti-NATO

Abstract

The new security paradigm of the modern world, created in 1990s, led to a security organization of a number of countries of the former Soviet bloc. Also evolving, at varying pace, was the contractual relationship of collective security, which, due to the escalation of activities of extremist groups on the territory of Central Asia, the deterioration of Russia-NATO relations, as well as the emergence of the US military bases in the region, resulted in a decision to form the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in 2002. The basic declared purpose of the organization is a desire of the signatory countries to increase the effectiveness of their cooperation in the field of security. Established as a typical military alliance with characteristics of multifunctional organization for securing peace, CSTO aspires to the role of a regional leading organization in the field of security cooperation, with many open questions concerning its functioning and future development. Whether the new security organization raises the level of collective security of its associate member countries, and whether the said organization contributes to the security of the region and the world, only time ahead will tell.

Nova bezbednosna paradigma savremenog sveta, stvorena devedesetih godina prošloga veka, uslovila je i bezbednosno organizovanje jednog broja zemalja bivšeg sovjetskog bloka. Sa različitom dinamikom razvijao se i ugovorni odnos o kolektivnoj bezbednosti koji je eskalacijom delatnosti ekstremističkih grupa na teritoriji zemalja centralne Azije, pogoršanjem odnosa Rusije i NATO-a, ali i sa pojavom vojnih baza SAD na tom prostoru, 2002. godine rezultirao odlukom da se formira Organizacija ugovora o kolektivnoj bezbednosti (OUKB). Osnovna proklamovana namena organizacije jeste želja za povećanjem efikasnosti saradnje u oblasti bezbednosti, zemalja potpisnica. Ustrojena kao klasični vojni savez sa karakteristikama više- funkcionalne organizacije za obezbeđenje mira, OUKB pretenduje na ulogu regionalnog lidera u oblasti bezbednosne saradnje, sa mnogo otvorenih pitanja njenog funkcionisanja i budućeg razvoja. Da li se sa novim bezbednosnim organizovanjem podiže nivo kolektivne bezbednosti pridruženih joj članica i da li navedena organizacija doprinosi bezbednosti regiona i sveta, pokazaće vreme koje je pred nama.