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 CSTO Secretariat hosted an educational seminar on Eurasian security issues
16.02.2024
On 14 February 2024, the CSTO Secretariat hosted an educational seminar (coaching session) on the theme: "Topical issues of Eurasian security", which was attended by heads of departments and experts of the CSTO Secretariat, representatives of the scientific community, as well as students and postgraduates of political science departments of leading Russian universities, including winners of the A.E. Snesarev Prize in Geopolitics and Military Science.
Yury Shuvalov, Head of the Information and Public Relations Division of the CSTO Secretariat, informed about the implementation of the project related to the training of modern specialists in information positioning in the field of the emerging multipolar world and sustainable development.
Information was also provided on cooperation between the CSTO and other international structures, prospects for the development of peacekeeping capabilities, approaches and methods of military diplomacy, and countering classic and hybrid challenges and threats.
The event participants exchanged views on the prospects for the development of the politico-military situation in the Eurasian region.
