Analysis Of Relations Between Belarus And Russia

With the end of the two camps of the East-West confrontation after the Cold War,the ideological influence gradually gave way to the traditional geopolitical thinking,geopolitical became the cornerstone of the National Strategic Choice.Thus, thecountries, especially the big ones which have a global interest demands, while makingtheir national strategic vision, have to regard the judgment of national interests basedon geopolitical thinking as an important frame of reference in its grand strategyselection process.With the continuous progress of globalization, deepeningentanglement of interests between the great powers and The impact of geopoliticalfactors are constantly deepening, thus resulting in great power relations becomeincreasingly subtle, especially where their interests conflict.Although Belarus is a small country, located in the plains of eastern Europe,adjacent to Russian Federation in the north and east, next to Poland, Lithuania andLatvia in the west and Ukraine in the south. It’s a prominently country in Russia’sgeo-strategic.It still be regarded as a “abandoned” country of the Euro in thewest.Russia’s geo-strategic space constantly squeezed by Western forces, especiallyafter NATO’s eastward expansion and the "color revolutions". Belarus has a pivotalrole in the national security of Russia as its closest and most reliable allies.In recent years, with the trend of world regional groups and constantly enhance,The development of relations between Russia and Belarus has also become aweathervane and indicator within the Commonwealth of Independent States.A Russia,Belarus and Kazakhstan Customs Union established. Belarus is an increasinglyprominent role in Russia’s geostrategic. Russia has always regarded the developmentof relations with Belarus as one of the priorities of the foreign policy.This article tryies to analyze the relations between the two countries towardsRussia and Belarus angle of departure from Belarus as a guide to the thinking ofgeopolitics and geo-strategic.