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.”
On 27 April 2026, within the framework of the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Contours of a New Architecture of Collective Security: Current Issues of Information and Analytical Partnership within the CSTO,” held at MGIMO University of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, a round table entitled “Eurasian Analytical Platform: New Approaches in a New Geopolitical Reality” took place. During the event, Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the CSTO Secretariat Yuriy Shuvalov delivered a presentation on “The Eurasian Analytical Network: A New Cognitive Architecture of Collective Security.”
The meeting on "Analysis and forecast of the situation in the CSTO area of responsibility" was held at the RSSU
23.06.2023
On June 23, this year, at the Russian State Social University, the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov held a meeting on "Analysis and forecast of the situation in the CSTO area of responsibility," which was attended by heads and experts of research centers of the CSTO member states. The CSTO Secretary General presented his vision of the regional and international situation and informed about the Organization's interest in developing interaction with the research centers of the member states to develop concrete measures aimed at strengthening peace and stability in the Organization.
A thematic report by the RSSU Rector Andrei Khazin was heard.
The event participants exchanged views on topical political and security issues and expressed the conviction that improving the analysis and forecasting functions in the format of the Organization would be a serious contribution to promoting the collective interests of the member states. The most relevant areas of research and specific issues of interaction were discussed.
The parties noted the important role of the RSSU as a platform for substantive discussions of political and security issues due to the university's significant expertise and experience in active cooperation with a number of the CSTO member states in this area.
The event resulted in the signing of a Memorandum of cooperation between the CSTO Secretariat and the RSSU.
