Published: 15 July 2016
The role and importance of factors of military-political cooperation in the formation and development of the Union state of Russia and Belarus are discussed in the article. It is shown on the basis of the methodology of the retrospective analysis that militarypolitical cooperation between the two countries has always been and remains central for the Union building, not affected by those contradictions which periodically appear in the economic relations of the states. The complexity of the international situation of Belarus is revealed, especially in terms of relationships with neighboring Poland. The importance of bilateral military cooperation for the Russian Federation is shown. The conclusion is made that the military-political cooperation of the two states provides the long-term stability of Union formation that does not lessen the importance of other areas of cooperation. The materials and conclusions of the article may be of interest to researchers of integration processes in the post-Soviet space
