The project was implemented within the framework of a scientific grant from the Faculty of World Economy and World Politics of the Higher School of Economics for 2022 and is aimed at studying the military-political presence of great and regional powers in the Middle East, the South Caucasus and the Balkans. The objectives of the project include consideration of various strategies and instruments of foreign policy of leading powers in polyactor spaces, in particular: bilateral and multilateral military-technical cooperation, the provision of military assistance, joint military exercises, the development of the contractual base, etc.