An Asian NATO. Chances and perspectives

NATO as alliance has stood the test of time since the early post-war years. Yet similar alliances such as SEATO passed into history long ago. The problem with the NATO model of alliance was its inability to be applied to the Third World. The particular circumstances of Southeast Asia prevented SEATO from becoming a true successor to the NATO alliance system. In addition, the approach of the Eisenhower and his administration to Southeast Asia and anti-communist alliances was undermined by their own political needs and personal experiences. Southeast Asia was fit into the mold of the post-war period and the Cold War.

E-Journal of Law, 2018

By the end of the Cold War, the Soviet Union was dissolved, the Warsaw Pact has beenabolishedand constituent republics under the Soviet influence in Central Asia and the Caucasus emerged as independent post-soviet states. Although Russia, which did not want to lose its influence over the region, wanted to continue its influence in the region by establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States, the gap of the emerging power was honored in the interest of non-regional actors. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which was established under the leadership of Russia and The People's Republic of China (PRC) and defined as the “NATO of the East” and “Western-style organization” against the unilateral world order imposed by The United States of America (USA), emerged as the Shanghai Five in 1996 and in 2001 with the accession of Uzbekistan, a political, economic and military organization has been transformed into an institutional structure. In June 2017, the characteristic structure of the organization was transformed by the membership of India and Pakistan. Among members of SCO in South East Asia, Central Asia, Near East and Europe, two of them are permanent members of the United Nations (UN) Security Council. The organization harbors 4 nuclear-armed states and covers 40% of the world's population. The total limit between the member countries and the observer countries is 37 million square kilometers. Russia and PRC are among the top three largest military forces in the world. On the other hand, Russia is the energy exporter with the largest arms trade volume;while Uzbekistan, Iran and Kazakhstan are energy suppliers in the region, both India and PRC are the countries that export this energy. The processof the SCO's evolution has been an important parameter in global competition and has led to controversy in the international literature as rival organization to NATO. In this context, the main objective of the study is to discuss whether the SCO will turn into a NATO-like organization. Keywords: Shanghai Cooperation Organization, NATO, Russia, People's Republic of China, United States of America

2015

It would be too easy to simply regard the CSTO as an instrument of Moscow’s security policy and part of Russia’s security organization. Since its founding in 2002, this military alliance has developed a mature organizational structure, which, at least on paper, resembles that of NATO. Furthermore, the tasking of the CSTO has moved from classical collective defense to modern security threats, which is similar to NATO’s conceptual development. In addition to the standing political and military command structure, the CSTO has already created, or is in the process of establishing, collective rapid reaction forces (KSOR), collective peacekeeping forces, collective aviation forces, collective air defense, a crisis response center, and a partnership institute. Moreover, regular military exercises, which have increased from one to three drills per year, aimed at conventional warfare, peacekeeping, anti-narcotics, counterterrorism and disaster relief, also evidence the fact that the CSTO has become a professional security organization.

2010

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