Conclusion

In the 21st century, security is a crucial area in international politics. The Collective Security TreatyOrganisation (CSTO) being an international organization, believes in securitizing post-Soviet nations fromterrorism, religious fundamentalism, extremism, regional tension, and drug trafficking due to power vacuum afterthe Soviet disintegration. CSTO established in 1992 to fill the vacuum created by the collapse of the Soviet Unionprimarily manage new threats and challenges in soft security, such as drug trafficking and illegal cross-bordermigration. It works as a subsystem level organization, targeting traditional security issues of military. However, inrecent years CSTO's integration is moving towards a traditional military-bloc like OSCE, EU, and NATO.