Lyalina, I.S. Legal bases of cooperation of the Collective Security Treaty organization and the Shanghai Organization of Cooperation.

Abstract: In the modern world regional organizations become an integral and basic part of the world security system. In the Central Asia two such organizations were recently created and aimed at ensuring peace and security in the region. They are the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the Shanghai Organization of Cooperation. This article by I.S. Lyalina is devoted to analysis of activities and cooperation of these two organisation, taking into account the coincidence of their geographical situations, goals, and Member States.