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Det selektivt agerande CSTO

Karlsson, Anton LU (2025) FKVK02 20251
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Despite its robust framework the Russian led security alliance CSTO has shown an inconsistency in responding to crises among their member states. In 2022, amid growing anti-government protests in Kazakhstan, Kazakh president Tokayev called for military aid via the mutual security clause. Shortly after the request CSTO troops intervened. Later during the same year the Armenian prime minister Pashinyan also called out for military aid amid Azeri incursions into eastern Armenia. Armenia would however be left without any intervention from the CSTO. Dissecting the behavioral discrepancy of the CSTO thus became the core of this essay. Drawing on a process tracing framework and two hypotheses derived from theories of securitization, security... (More)
Despite its robust framework the Russian led security alliance CSTO has shown an inconsistency in responding to crises among their member states. In 2022, amid growing anti-government protests in Kazakhstan, Kazakh president Tokayev called for military aid via the mutual security clause. Shortly after the request CSTO troops intervened. Later during the same year the Armenian prime minister Pashinyan also called out for military aid amid Azeri incursions into eastern Armenia. Armenia would however be left without any intervention from the CSTO. Dissecting the behavioral discrepancy of the CSTO thus became the core of this essay. Drawing on a process tracing framework and two hypotheses derived from theories of securitization, security complexes, authoritarian solidarity, rational choice institutionalism the essay culminated in its concluding remarks. The empirical basis of the conclusion relied on statements, previous research and official CSTO documents. The lack of intervention in Armenia largely stemmed from the lack of acceptance of their threat perception, the ambiguous gains of supporting Pashinyan’s government and the potential cost of clashes with Azerbaijan. The CSTO intervention in Kazakhstan was built on opposite grounds since the Kazakh threat perception was accepted alongside the intervention being viewed as a low cost beneficial rewards scenario. (Less)
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author
Karlsson, Anton LU
supervisor
organization
course
FKVK02 20251
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
CSTO, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Intervention, Securitization, Cost-Benefit
language
Swedish
id
9190502
date added to LUP
2025-08-08 11:24:04
date last changed
2025-08-08 11:24:04
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  abstract     = {{Despite its robust framework the Russian led security alliance CSTO has shown an inconsistency in responding to crises among their member states. In 2022, amid growing anti-government protests in Kazakhstan, Kazakh president Tokayev called for military aid via the mutual security clause. Shortly after the request CSTO troops intervened. Later during the same year the Armenian prime minister Pashinyan also called out for military aid amid Azeri incursions into eastern Armenia. Armenia would however be left without any intervention from the CSTO. Dissecting the behavioral discrepancy of the CSTO thus became the core of this essay. Drawing on a process tracing framework and two hypotheses derived from theories of securitization, security complexes, authoritarian solidarity, rational choice institutionalism the essay culminated in its concluding remarks. The empirical basis of the conclusion relied on statements, previous research and official CSTO documents. The lack of intervention in Armenia largely stemmed from the lack of acceptance of their threat perception, the ambiguous gains of supporting Pashinyan’s government and the potential cost of clashes with Azerbaijan. The CSTO intervention in Kazakhstan was built on opposite grounds since the Kazakh threat perception was accepted alongside the intervention being viewed as a low cost beneficial rewards scenario.}},
  author       = {{Karlsson, Anton}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Det selektivt agerande CSTO}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}