State, Criminality and Security in Central Asia: What Do Eurasian Regional Organizations Contribute to Security and Peace? – Anna Kreikemeyer
Title: State, Criminality and Security in Central Asia: What Do Eurasian Regional Organizations Contribute to Security and Peace?
Author: Anna Kreikemeyer
Abstract
How do the CSTO, SCO, EU and OSCE contribute to stability and peace in Central Asia? Power in the Central Asian states is patrimonial in nature. This leads to corruption and interlinkages can be identified between the state and various conflict factors, including the drug trade, ethnic conflicts, and Islamist extremism. The corrupt regimes seek above all to maintain their power and control of resources. This makes life hard for international organizations, whose contributions to security and peace are examined in turn.
Keywords
Central Asian States of the former Soviet Union; patrimonialism; domestic security; capability of institutions/organizations; Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO); Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO); peacekeeping through security policy; regional foreign policies of individual states
Metadata
Title: State, Criminality and Security in Central Asia: What Do Eurasian Regional Organizations Contribute to Security and Peace?
Author: Anna Kreikemeyer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/18750230-02402008
Language: English
Year: 2013
Volume: 24
Issue: 2
Pages: 169–181
In: Security and Human Rights
E-ISSN: 1875-0230