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      <JournalTitle>ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES</JournalTitle>
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      <Volume-Issue>Volume 6 Issue 2</Volume-Issue>
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      <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic>
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      <Season>August-September 2025</Season>
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        <Year>2025</Year>
        <Month>09</Month>
        <Day>30</Day>
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      <ArticleType>Regional/Country Studies</ArticleType>
      <ArticleTitle>The Changing Global Security Landscape and Its Impact on Russia and Central Asia Relations</ArticleTitle>
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      <FirstPage>191</FirstPage>
      <LastPage>205</LastPage>
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          <FirstName>Behruzsho</FirstName>
          <LastName>Nuriddinov</LastName>
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      <DOI>10.47362/EJSSS.2025.6202 </DOI>
      <Abstract>The recent changes in the global security landscape marked by Russia’s Special Military Operation in Ukraine, the resurgence of terrorism and extremism from Afghanistan, and the Taliban__ampersandsign#39;s return to power have significantly affected Russia’s strategic engagement with Central Asia. These developments have underscored the region’s growing geopolitical significance and the urgency for cooperative security frameworks. This paper explores the evolving nature of Russia__ampersandsign#39;s role in Central Asia’s security architecture and the strategic responses of Central Asian states to shifting global power dynamics. The first chapter examines Russia’s enduring institutional dominance in the region’s security domain, particularly through multilateral organizations such as the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), bilateral military agreements, and regional labor migration ties. Despite mounting external pressures and growing influence from other global actors, Russia continues to function as the region’s principal security guarantor, leveraging its geographic proximity, institutional presence, and longstanding ties. The second chapter analyzes the adaptive strategies of Central Asian republics, especially their pursuit of neutrality and multivector foreign policies. These approaches enable them to balance relations with major powers including Russia, China, the United States, and the European Union while safeguarding national sovereignty and avoiding entanglement in great power rivalries. The paper concludes that the interplay between great power competition and regional agency is reshaping the balance of influence in Central Asia. At present, there are no viable alternative security providers for the region. As a result, while Russia remains central to the region’s security framework, Central Asian states continue to assert their autonomy through neutral and multivector foreign policy strategies, reinforcing both cooperation and strategic balance in a rapidly changing global order.</Abstract>
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      <Keywords>Central Asia, CSTO, balance of power, security, stability, terrorism</Keywords>
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        <Abstract>https://www.ejsss.net.in/ubijournal-v1copy/journals/abstract.php?article_id=15969&amp;title=The Changing Global Security Landscape and Its Impact on Russia and Central Asia Relations</Abstract>
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