Though not a mutual defense alliance, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) remains the most important multilateral security structure in Central Asia that includes both Russia and China.

Armenia has signalled it could quit the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a security bloc seen as Moscow's version of NATO, after a peace treaty with Azerbaijan ...

As Russia's influence wanes in the South Caucasus due to its war in Ukraine, Armenia and Azerbaijan are strengthening bilateral ties and seeking new partnerships with Turkey, the European Union, and ...