This month Washington whose commitment to fighting drug production in the US occupied Afghanistan is widely called into question rolled out a new plan of coordinating the activities of Central Asian republic’s anti-narcotic agencies. The initiative was, however, promptly blocked as potentially counterproductive by Russia, the country hit hardest by the Afghan drug output.
Posts Tagged ‘Collective Security Treaty Organization’
Russia and the US clash over approach to fighting Afghan drug trafficking
Posted by seumasach on March 5, 2012
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: "war on drugs", Central Asia Counternarcotics Initiative (CACI), Collective Security Treaty Organization | Leave a Comment »
Russia and the changing world
Posted by seumasach on March 4, 2012
Vladimir Putin
29th February, 2012
In the run-up to Russia’s presidential elections, prime minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin has to date published a total of seven program statements in which he defines Russia’s niche in a “changing world.” The sixth article on defense policy and army reforms was published by Voltaire Network yesterday. Today we bring to the attention of our readers the latest statement, published Monday in theMoskovskiya Novosti, devoted to international affairs.
Posted in Multipolar world | Tagged: "pseudo-NGOs", Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), BRICS(Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa), CIS, Collective Security Treaty Organization, Federal Agency for CIS Affairs, Multipolar world, NATO war crimes in Libya, New Cold War, nuclear-free zone in the Middle East, Putin, Russian diplomacy, SCO | Leave a Comment »
CSTO’s rapid-reaction force to equal NATO’s – Medvedev
Posted by seumasach on February 6, 2009
MOSCOW, February 4 (RIA Novosti) – The collective rapid-reaction force to be created by a post-Soviet regional security bloc will be just as good as comparable NATO forces, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday.
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CSTO – a NATO for the East?
Posted by seumasach on February 4, 2009
4th February, 2009
The members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization – Russia and six neighbouring states – have agreed to set up a collective rapid reaction force to combat terrorism, military aggression, and drug trafficking.
Posted in Multipolar world | Tagged: Collective Security Treaty Organization, CSTO, End of empire, Russian diplomacy | Leave a Comment »
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