Comparative study of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure and the CIS Counter-Terrorism Center in the field of anti-terrorism

The subject of the article is a discussion of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure and the CIS Anti-Terrorist Center, which offer new approaches to future anti-terrorist cooperation. The article focuses on two regional anti-terrorism bodies, which have different anti-terrorism legislation and priorities, different leading countries and different potential for developing anti-terrorist cooperation, each of which has its advantages. Both organizations face the threat of terrorism existing in the common Central Asia and neighboring regions, and in order to enhance the ability to combat terrorism, anti-terrorist cooperation between the two organizations at the international, regional and domestic levels provides theoretical and practical recommendations for regional anti-terrorist cooperation and contributes to the improvement and development of mechanisms for regional anti-terrorist cooperation. The article uses the method of comparative research, and summarizes the advantages and disadvantages of the two organizations in anti-terrorist cooperation by comparing and analyzing their founding goals, internal structures and mechanisms of work. The novelty of the article lies in the fact that previous studies of anti-terrorist cooperation were mainly devoted to the analysis of individual international organizations, whereas this article compares and compares the SCO RATS and the CIS ATC in order to offer new ideas for studying regional anti-terrorist cooperation. It is concluded that both organizations contribute to building global and regional security systems, but the CIS ATC has more comprehensive anti–terrorism legislation, while the SCO RATS has weak legislation; the CIS ATC is mainly dominated by Russia, while the SCO RATS is dominated by China and Russia; the number of CIS ATC member states is declining, and the development potential is limited, while the SCO RATS is shrinking. The number of CIS ATC member countries is decreasing, and its development potential is limited, while the SCO RATS is growing and has great development potential. Anti-terrorist cooperation in regional organizations should fully play the role of leading countries, take into account the interests and needs of member States, and clarify the jurisdiction of anti-terrorist cooperation.