CSTO
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CSTO won’t be drawn into Ukraine war
There should be no surprise that the summit meeting of the leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) hosted by Russia at the Kremlin on May 16 fell short of articulating against the “collective West” over the Ukraine conflict. The same pattern as in the 2008 Russo-Georgian war is repeating. Russia is not dictating… Continue reading
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CSTO’s mission accomplished in Kazakhstan
The readout of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “working meeting” in the Kremlin on Wednesday with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu regarding the Collective Security Treat Organisation’s mission to Kazakhstan needs careful analysis. As is customary with Putin, so much more was said in the unsaid. Continue reading
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Putin draws the line for colour revolutions
This must be a rare page in American diplomatic history that a US Secretary of State has been literally off his rocker. Antony Blinken’s outbursts on the events in Kazakhstan were not only boorish but also illogical. Continue reading
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CSTO in Kazakhstan annoys U.S.
The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s Press Availability at Washington on Friday was largely devoted to Ukraine and the forthcoming strategic stability talks with Russia. But in response to a carefully planted question at the fag-end of the interaction, Blinken reflected bitterly on the deployment of Russian troops to Kazakhstan. Continue reading
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US-NATO Sponsored “Free Syrian Army” is Falling Apart. Government Forces Have the Upper Hand By Thierry Meyssan
While the French press persists in announcing the “imminent fall” of Syria and the “flight of Bashar al-Assad,” the reality on the ground has turned around completely. Even though chaos is plaguing most of the territory, the “liberated zones” have melted like snow in the sun. Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 24-29 December 2012: USA / Afghanistan / Canada / Germany / CSTO / Gold
29 December 2012 — Strategic Culture Foundation Zbigniew Brzezinski as a mirror of American devolution (I) 29.12.2012 | 00:00 | Dmitry MININ The passing of 2012, among other things, was marked by a publication of fundamental importance, in terms of understanding the processes occurring in the world and the U.S., the book by Zbigniew Brzezinski «Strategic Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: December 21, 2011
21 December 2011 — Stop NATO CSTO Warns U.S., NATO Over European Missile System Israel: U.S. Commander Finalizes Largest-Ever Interceptor Missile Drill NATO Doubles Georgian Troop Deployment To Afghanistan NATO Pushes Permanent Mission In Baltic Sea Hungary: U.S.-NATO Strategic Airlift Operation Logs 6,000 Flight Hours AFRICOM-Trained Djibouti Troops Arrive In Somalia Troops Out, U.S. Military Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 13, 2011
13 August 2011 — Stop NATO Africa Must Challenge Military Occupation Of World By One Superpower Military Land, Sea, Ground Robots: U.S. Hosts 6,000 Experts From 30 Nations Turkey, U.S. Preparing For War With Syria? NATO: U.S. Commando Raids In Afghanistan Almost Tripled Since 2009 Afghan War: NATO 2011 Death Toll Approaches 400 CSTO: Former Continue reading
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NATO vs CSTO: The Fogh of war By Eric Walberg
NATO’s reputation as the guardian of peace on Earth is in tatters these days. Once avowedly an alliance of North America and Western Europe to fight the communist hordes of Eurasia, it morphed into something quite difference with the collapse of the socialist bloc two decades ago. It now pretends to unite all of Europe… Continue reading
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Great Power Confrontation in the Indian Ocean: The Geo-Politics of the Sri Lankan Civil War By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
The support and positions of various foreign governments in regards to the diabolic fighting between the Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan military, which cost the lives of thousands of innocent civilians, says a great deal about the geo-strategic interests of these foreign governments. The position of the governments of India and a group of states that can collectively… Continue reading
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The Prospects of a New Cold War? Towards the Consolidation of the Russian-led CSTO Military Alliance By José Miguel Alonso Trabanco
In the post Soviet space the late 2000s’ geopolitical reality is different from that of the 90s because Russia is vigorously attempting to reassert its power and to reinforce its own national security. Moscow is strongly defending its interests in the so called Near Abroad, (i. e. the former Soviet Union, which is the core… Continue reading
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