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NATO
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), military alliance established by the North Atlantic Treaty (also called the Washington Treaty) of April 4, 1949
- NATO Headquarters Brussels
POINT TO NOTE
- Looking at the composition, the CSTO includes only six states belonging to the CIS: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan, while NATO includes 30 allied countries with North Macedonia as its newest member in 2020.
CSTO
- Collective Security Treaty Organization
- Headquarters location : Moscow, Russia
- The alliance started in 1991, but later some countries pulled out of it.
- CSTO’s latest version was created in 2002
MEMBER STATES
ISSUES WITH CSTO
- Unlike NATO, the CSTO does not consider the prospects of expanding its membership. However, it is worth noting that NATO member states never sell arms to a country that is regarded as a potential military adversary to the member states.
- Whereas Russia and Belarus provide 85% of weapon-sales to Azerbaijan, which is not a member of the CSTO and has significant disagreements with Armenia.
ARTICLE FROM 2016
MEASURES CLEARLY DEFINED
- NATO’s Article 5 emphasizes obligatory actions against armed attack, including the use of armed force.
HOW USA USED ARTICLE 5
- NATO invoked Article 5 for the first time in its history after the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United States.
POINT TO NOTE
- Even the Soviet predecessor of the CSTO, the Warsaw Pact of 1955, stated a larger degree of actions in response to a security threat. This exposes the shallow aims of the CSTO in comparison to the expansive objectives of and deep involvement within NATO.
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