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Internationale Spectator 63(10),
Oktober 2009,
pp. 510-513
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Lieutenant-Colonel Royal Netherlands Army Dr. M. de Haas is Senior Fellow on military doctrine, strategy and security policy of the Netherlands, NATO, EU, Russia and the CIS. He has served on posts such as military-political analyst, lecturer in international relations and international law, head research branch NATO School and policy advisor. More »
Moskous alliantie met Centraal-Azië en China: een nieuw Warschaupact? Marcel de Haas
Marcel de Haas asserts that after the Warsaw Pact was dissolved in 1991, Russia - as the Soviet Union's successor state - has sought new (military) alliances. Furthermore, recent security documents have demonstrated a Russian focus on Central Asia and China. Together with a disappointment in Western security policy these factors have resulted in the foundation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), as Russia's new coalitions. However, these groupings have to cope with internal differences and a lack of common external objectives. Moreover, Russia's new allies increasingly follow a course independent of or even contrary to that of Moscow. Hence, with CSTO and SCO Russia has established new pacts for military cooperation but their members are not the devotees which the Kremlin had in mind.