Belarus as a Subject of International Organizations in the Postsoviet Space: Historical and Legal Aspects

Abstract

In the article the author considers the place and role of Belarus in modern integrative formations/alignments, reveals the objective prerequisites for its entry into the regional integrative educational system in the postsoviet space of the late twentieth and early twenty first century. The study of the issue gives grounds to conclude that the need of Belarus to join the Commonwealth of Independent States was dictated by the necessity to establish international cooperation of a newly-formed sovereign state with the former Soviet republics. However, the gap in the international economic relations that were not preserved and deepened in the CIS, has led to the economic crisis in Belarus and other former Soviet countries. Establishment of the Union between Russia and Belarus can be explained by the political necessity, which was based on aspirations of the people of these countries for closer cooperation and desire to reach a higher level of integration. However, this interstate union could not give the necessary economic breakthrough due to the limited cooperation ties. Having analyzed the historical aspect of formation and development of the Eurasian Economic Union, the author classified the reasons for Belarus accession to the Union into the following groups: economic (the need to improve the competitiveness of national economies in the global economy); political (military conflicts close to the borders of the Member States, the political will and desire for closer integration); social (migration processes in the Member States).