Mechanism of Foreign Policy Coordination Within the Framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organization

The current reconfiguration of the world order strengthens the role of regional military political associations. Their influence is largely determined by the consistency of the participating states’ actions and positions. The purpose of this work is to study the mechanism and limits of foreign policy coordination of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states within the context of the actual practice of functioning of such structures. Increasing changes in the system of international relations in the current conditions require states to create and ensure the dynamic operation of regional institutional mechanisms Such a mechanism within the CSTO ensures coordination of the member states’ positions on international and regional security issues. Among global problems, the CSTO is most interested in fundamental aspects of the world order, countering modern challenges and threats, and issues of historical memory. Author concludes that the establishment of permanent institutions of foreign policy coordination within the CSTO does not guarantee coordination of positions on issues important for the Russian Federation, which are of fundamental importance for the formation of a new world order, since an organization operating on the basis of consensus a priori cannot go beyond the formulated positions of its member states. Membership in an international organization cannot limit the desire of the latter to search for any opportunities to realize the totality of their national interests. Taking them into account when developing a consensus position is one of the most important functions of allied foreign policy coordination.

CSTO, NATO, European Union, Warsaw Pact, foreign policy coordination, consensus, joint statements