Speaking this week (September 15) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, at a summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)—the Russian-dominated regional defense alliance—President Vladimir Putin detailed his understanding of regional and global security threats. The CSTO summit was notably held in former Soviet Central Asia, in Tajikistan, which borders unstable Afghanistan. And Putin began with the potential threat of destabilization emanating from extremist jihadist forces across the border. Putin accused the United States and allied forces of failing to stabilize the security situation in Afghanistan: He described their role as “partially positive,” but with the withdrawal of the bulk of troops, …read more
Source: The Jamestown Foundation