Issues of Information and Psychological Security from the Perspective of the Program of Activities of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization for 2026–2030

Introduction. In modern international conditions, characterized by an increasingly escalating struggle for technological and geopolitical leadership against the background of the increasing pace of digitalization processes, the lines between conventional and unconventional methods of international competition are blurring. Methods of informational and psychological influence come to the fore, which are capable of having a significant impact on sociopolitical stability and the foreign policy course of the state. For more than 30 years since the collapse of the Soviet Union, post-Soviet space has been the scene of a geopolitical struggle. That is why the issues of developing a collective policy of the member states in the field of countering destructive attempts of external ideological and psychological pressure are increasingly being the object of close attention in the working and advisory bodies of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which is currently the sole guarantor of security in the post-Soviet space. Materials and methods. In addition to using general scientific methodology to achieve the main results, the authors of the study rely on specific methods and approaches: information approach, non-functional approach, critical discourse analysis, and content analysis. The main research materials are the scientific publications of foreign and domestic authors that have already become classics, as well as the latest scientific developments on the research topic. In addition, the authors rely on an exhaustive database of normative legal acts adopted at the level of the CSTO PA, as well as unpublished materials from meetings of the Expert Advisory Council under the Council of the CSTO PA and the Expert Advisory Council of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration, and Relations with Compatriots. Analysis. The authors conduct a comprehensive analysis of the implementation of aspects related to ensuring collective information and psychological security within the CSTO regulatory framework. They also analyze the current CSTO PA Program for 2021–2025 in detail to determine the participating countries’ common political approaches to ensuring the information and psychological components of collective security. Results. The authors conclude that currently the collective policy of the CSTO member states in the field of information and psychological security is fragmented and requires a more systematic approach at the organizational level, despite the established regulatory framework that includes an information and psychological component in the system of collective security. The authors conclude about the main priorities in the field of ensuring collective information and psychological security in the Program of Activities of the CSTO PA for 2026–2030. Authors’ contribution. R.S. Vykhodets formed the theoretical and methodological basis for the analysis of collective information and psychological security and also prepared material for the analysis of the CSTO regulatory framework in this aspect; I.O. Tyumentsev conducted a systematic analysis of research materials and formulated theoretical generalizations concerning current and future priorities for ensuring collective information and psychological security at the CSTO level. Funding.The authors acknowledge Saint Petersburg State University for a research project 116471555.