Should Belarus be neutral or join some military bloc, namely NATO? Or is neutrality too expensive, and our country cannot afford such a luxury? Will society support a military alliance with other states? His theses regarding both options for Belarus's future were presented at the “New Belarus” conference by a Doctor of Political Science, director of the Institute for Political Research “Political Sphere” Andrei Kazakevich, and national security and defense analyst Zmicier Mickiewicz.