Prospects of military-strategic cooperation between Russia and China

The article is devoted to the analysis of prospects of military-strategic cooperation between Russia and China. Special attention is paid to this form of interaction between two world powers, as a military-strategic Alliance. The study analyzed the resources that affect the military potential of States, as well as a SWOT analysis, which comprehensively analyze the implications of the possible scenarios of interaction between Russia and China. Selected for the study, the subject is relevant, because at present on the world stage there is a practice of Association of countries in the unofficial military-political alliances, manifested in particularly close cooperation of some States. Russia and China for a long time demonstrate a partnership, which allows foreign neighbors to talk about possible beginning of the formation of a powerful military Alliance of these two States. Such a prospect makes the West rightly fears. In this regard, it is interesting to analyze the real possibility of formation of such form of interaction for Russia and China, as a military-strategic Alliance, and its feasibility.