Security Integration in the Post-Soviet Space and Collective Security Treaty Organization Roadmap for Future Cooperation

This book explores the role of the Central Security Council (CSTO) in ensuring regional security, analyzing the evolution of cooperation between post-Soviet states since the Soviet Union's demise. It focuses on the establishment of the CSTO as a regional organization since 2002, with six out of 11 CIS members. The book fills a gap in existing research on the security paradigm in post-Soviet space and the collective security mechanism of CSTO. Many western scholars have not understood the importance of multilateralism and Russia's foreign policy in maintaining security measures in the post-Soviet space. The book is an informative handbook on regional integration, Eurasianism, and CSTO for students, scholars, readers, academicians, and researchers working on this area.

Chapter 1: Eurasian Regionalism: An Introduction.- Chapter 2: Regional Integration and Eurasianism: A Theoretical Interrogation.- Chapter 3: Concept of Security: An Introduction.- Chapter 4: Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS): An Emerging Model of Regional Security.- Chapter 5: Russia’s Security Policy in the post-Soviet Space.- Chapter 6: CSTO: Structure, Activities and Role in Maintaining Collective Security in the post-Soviet Space.- Chapter 7: Increasing Diversity in the Threat Perception of the CSTO Member States.- Chapter 8: Competitive Security Cooperation in the post-Soviet Space: A Comparative study of CSTO with SCO and NATO.- Chapter 9: Russia’s Eurasian Strategy: A Way Forward.- Chapter 10: Conclusion.

Prof. Ramakrushna Pradhan is a Professor of Political Science, Head of the Department of Political Science, Dean, School of Social Science, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India. He has previously worked as an Assistant Professor at Fakir Mohan University, Balasore and a Visiting Professor at L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan. He holds a Ph.D from Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Prof. Pradhan is also the Director of the Office of International Affairs and adorning the Chair Professor of Mahima Guru Chair at Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya. He has also worked as the Associate Editor in Eurasian Report- an area study research journal and Research Associate in Eurasian Foundation, New Delhi. Currently he is working in the position of Managing Editor in Eurasian Report, New Delhi and Joint Editor of The Third Voice: Reality and Vision Journal published by Voice for Voiceless. The author can be contacted at: rkpradhanjnu@gmail.com.

Dr. Sukanya Kakoty has a remarkable academic background in International Relations, holding a Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), India. Fuelled by her passion for research and writing, she ventured into the world of content creation and found herself in a fulfilling role as a Content Writer for Omnify, a prominent US-based SAAS company. She can be contacted at: sukanyakakoty@gmail.com.