Russia’s Policy on Providing Security in Central Asia at the Beginning of the XXI Century

Albert Beloglazov

doi:10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n3s2p219

Albert Beloglazov

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Abstract

The importance of the problem under study is suggested by the increasing threats and challenges to the security of Central Asia at the beginning of XXI century as well as the necessity to counteract them. The objectives of the article are to make a research of Russia’s policies on providing regional security in Central Asia from 2000 to 2014. To achieve these objectives the activity of Russia in the region is subdivided into 4 stages, all of which are briefly described. The particular emphasis is given to the role of such international organizations as Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Collective Security Treaty Organization. The materials of the article might be useful in conducting scientific research on the issues of Central Asia, providing lectures and seminars in training, also planning specific measures to counteract the treats of regional security. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n3s2p219

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Russian Federation (RF) throughout the post-Soviet history participated in providing the security in Central Asia
The period under consideration has to be divided into logical and chronological sections to point out the dynamics of realization of above mentioned activities and approaches, as well as solution techniques connected with the security issues in Central Asia, to determine the tools used by Russian Federation to provide that security
Main purpose of the Russian strategy on providing security in Central Asia was the containment of radical Islamism inside the country as well as in the South borders

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Russian Federation (RF) throughout the post-Soviet history participated in providing the security in Central Asia. That after the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) it started rapid withdrawal from the region, geopolitical factors and new security threats as terrorism, extremism, drug trafficking, illegal migration, ecological problems did not allow it to leave the region . This article, deals with military and political aspects of security. The presence of Russia in the Central Asian region (CAR) in 1990s was palpable only in Tajikistan, where there was a civil war, which threatened the whole system of regional security. In the other republics Russia had minimum presence which was connected with the security problems. In the first half of the 1990s Russia provided the protection of the external borders of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Kirgizia and Turkmenistan (Beloglazov, 2011)

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