ASSESSMENTS
Uzbekistan: Back to Square One and to the CSTO
Mar 28, 2008 | 17:51 GMT
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Summary
The Uzbek parliament ratified March 28 the country's re-entrance into the Collective Security Treaty Organization, a Russian-dominated security organization intended to replace the Warsaw Pact as Moscow's security bulwark. The move highlights Tashkent's geopolitical vulnerability and its efforts to maintain some semblance of balance in its relations with outside powers.
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