On May 7, the CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov held a working meeting in Moscow at the CSTO Joint Staff aimed at improving issues related to crisis response and expert cooperation.
On May 6, 2026, a meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between the CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykovand newly appointed Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the CSTO Vladimir Bespaly.
28 April marks the Day of the CSTO Joint Staff. It should be recalled that on 28 April 2003, in Dushanbe, the Collective Security Council, guided by the need to establish a military staff body responsible for implementing the military component of the Collective Security Treaty, adopted the Decision “On the Establishment of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.”
Directors of the Russian Academy of Sciences institutes analyzed the CSTO activities ahead of the CSTO CSC session
26.11.2025
Ahead of the next session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO CSC), a series of expert analytical articles prepared by directors of leading institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences has been published on the information and analytical portal “Allies. CSTO.”
Mikhail Golovnin, Director of the Institute of Economics at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Economics, and Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, presented his assessment of contemporary economic threats. In his article, he focuses on the risks associated with the fragmentation of the global economy and the strengthening of protectionist tendencies. The scientist has analyzed the potential for strengthening the economic security of the CSTO space through the development of cooperation chains, import substitution in critical industries, and coordination of the macroeconomic policies of member states. https://odkb-soyuz.org/analitics/803
This article by Alexei Kuznetsov, Director of the Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Economics, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, is devoted to a comprehensive analysis of the Organization's role in the processes of Eurasian integration. The expert considers the CSTO to be a key stabilizing institution that creates the necessary security conditions for deeper cooperation in the trade, economic, humanitarian, and scientific-technical spheres, and emphasizes the synergistic effect between the activities of the CSTO, the EAEU, and the CIS. https://odkb-soyuz.org/analitics/804
Kirill Babayev, Director of the Institute of China and Modern Asia at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Doctor of Philology, presented a detailed analysis of the CSTO's activities over the last three years in his research. The scientist has assessed the effectiveness of the Organization's response to contemporary challenges and threats, and presented his view on the CSTO's strategic guidelines in the context of the changing global architecture and the growing role of the Asian region. https://odkb-soyuz.org/analitics/802
The publications presented form a comprehensive analytical basis for a deep understanding of the current situation and strategic priorities of the Organization. The works of leading scientists of the Russian Academy of Sciences summarize the work done and identify possible directions for the development of the agenda in the field of Eurasian security.
