Finally, NATO will still manage collective security. Still, what would an EU rapid-reaction force be used for if NATO--read: the U.S.--shunned involvement?

The collective rapid-reaction forces (CRRF) may be applied, if the state needs real help, Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha believes.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance wants to increase the size of its rapid-reaction forces from 40,000 to more than 300,000.

Thousands of troops from Russia and four other ex-Soviet nations are staging exercises as part of a newly formed NATO-style rapid-reaction force. It's the first such drills for the Collective ...

YEREVAN.- CSTO’s Collective Rapid Reaction Force military exercise titled “Cooperation 2012” kicked off in Armenia on Saturday morning. The commander of the joint forces is Major General Kamo Kochunts ...

Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994.

BRUSSELS — NATO allies will decide at a summit this week to increase the strength of their rapid reaction force nearly eightfold to 300,000 troops as part of their response to an “era of ...

Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday that the military alliance will increase the size of its rapid reaction forces nearly eightfold to 300,000 troops as part of its response to ...

Nikolai Bordyuzha, the secretary-general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), said he has discussed the creation of a CSTO rapid reaction force with Tajik President Emomali ...

A military exercise in Russia marks the first official test of the new Collective Operational Reaction Forces, created within the framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. But the ...

NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said Monday that the military alliance will increase the size of its rapid reaction forces nearly eightfold to 300,000 troops as part of its response to an ...

NATO's secretary general says the alliance wants to increase the number of its rapid reaction forces from the current 40,000 to over 300,000.