NATO ANTAGONIST: NUCLEAR ALLIANCE IN 2024

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the military capabilities of the bloc of Russian-oriented countries and the level of their influence on Russia's support for the war against Ukraine in 2024. In order to effectively identify the links and signs of military cooperation between the countries of this bloc, such research methods as the structural-functional method, comparative analysis, and content analysis are used. The theoretical basis of this work is the theory of structural realism by Kenneth Waltz. Actors of the international geopolitical arena, who have fallen under the tendency of concentration around Russia as opposed to the NATO bloc, interact not only with the totalitarian flagship of this bloc, but also with each other, which is a very alarming sign of consolidation and poses a threat to the entire democratically oriented world. The dynamics of the development of this grouping, which includes both the nuclear countries Iran, North Korea and China, as well as non-nuclear, but quite important European countries that have an influence on the decisions regarding military assistance to Ukraine in the war against the occupation forces of Russia, such as Hungary, Serbia and Slovakia.