Azja Centralna: uwarunkowania bezpieczeństwa regionalnego
Central Asia: determinants of regional security

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to analyze the formal and informal dimensions of regional security in Central Asia. The text indicates and empirically documents the discrepancy between the officially declared and actually implemented functions of regional integration structures, i.e. the CIS, CSTO and SCO. The text critically considers the following problems. First, the processes of the institutionalization of regional integration in Central Asia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Second, the dimensions of the formal and informal cooperation of the countries in the region. Third, the phenomenon of non-bureaucratic management of the regional integration. Fourth, the reactions of the CIS, CSTO and SCO to the threats of terrorism, extremism and international organized crime.

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