On September 4, 2026, consultations on “Coordinating the positions of CSTO member states on the agenda of the UN General Assembly” were held in Moscow in accordance with the Plan of Consultations of Representatives of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Member States on Foreign Policy, Security and Defense for 2025–2027.
On September 4 this year, a round table entitled “CSTO–SCO: Security Space” was held as part of the business program of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.
Today, a briefing was held by Colonel General Andrey Nikolaevich Serdyukov, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, on the topic “On the readiness of command and control bodies and formations of the CSTO collective security system forces and assets to conduct joint exercises.”
CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov holds a working meeting with Minister of Defense of the Kyrgyz Republic Ruslan Mukambetov
Press Secretary of the CSTO Secretariat, Doctor of Political Sciences Natalia Kharitonova took part in the 10th Moscow International Scientific and Practical Conference on Political Risks and Forecasting "International Uncertainty 2026," held at MGIMO
11.12.2025
Natalia Kharitonova, Press Secretary of the CSTO Secretariat and Doctor of Political Sciences, participated in the 10th Moscow International Scientific and Practical Conference on Political Risks and Forecasting, "International Uncertainty 2026," held at MGIMO on December 10. At the event, representatives of leading research centers summarized the results of the outgoing international season and discussed the challenges shaping the 2026 agenda.
Natalia Kharitonova delivered a report at the plenary session titled "The CSTO's Place in the Emerging Eurasian Security System," focusing on the CSTO's current information and analytical work, the prospects for Russia's chairmanship of the Organization in 2026, the conceptual foundations for the formation of a new international security system in Eurasia, and the CSTO's place within it.
The plenary session of the conference, "Global Turbulence: Is a New Security Architecture Possible in Eurasia?" was attended by MGIMO Rector and Academician A.V. Torkunov, Vice-Rector for Research A.A. Baykov, Deputy Director of the Foreign Policy Planning Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs M.S. Khodynskaya-Golenishcheva, MGIMO Professor and host of the program "The Big Game" on Channel One D. Simes, Professor at the Center for East Asian Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University Shrikant Kondapalli, and Professor at the Institute of International Studies at Fudan University (China) Zhao Huasheng. The session was moderated by A.A. Sush, Dean of the Faculty of International Relations.
Detailed information about the event: https://mgimo.ru/about/news/main/int-uncertainty-2026/
