Possibilities for forming a new model for the development of Russia’s military-technical cooperation with foreign countries under the conditions of sanctions and current geopolitical risks

International economic relations at the beginning of the 21st century are experiencing a new reality, when many world economy achievements of the globalization era are being reversed, and the entire system of economic cooperation between the countries is undergoing revolutionary changes. In this context, there have been significant shifts in the structure and trends of militarytechnical cooperation between Russia and foreign countries, when the existing strategic approaches to the organization of this process are being radically modified. The article shows that the main narratives of these changes are the unprecedented strengthening of anti-Russian sanctions, which caused a change in the methods of foreign economic policy, which significantly affected the development of the military-industrial complex, the strategy for realizing its export and investment potential. In this regard, the issues of sectoral import substitution, diversification of the defense industry, formation and implementation of the state defense order in this sector of the national economy are becoming highly controversial and complex. The ever-increasing deepening of cooperation and integration ties with partners from developing countries and the actual curtailment of these ties with developed countries is a strategic long-term task designed to ensure both the development of the defense industry and the elimination of existing geopolitical risks. At the same time, within the framework of the defense industry strategy, it is still difficult to call the task of prompt response to new emerging risks solved, and this aspect should underlie the new model of Russia’s military-technical cooperation with foreign countries.

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