International intelligence cooperation became a generally accepted practice in intelligence activity by the end of the 20th century. This was facilitated by the development of communications, the redistribution of political power in the world, and complex global security environment. In a situation where intelligence objects of interest are diversified and the nature and ways of demonstrating the security threats are changed, intelligence services make use of the international intelligence cooperation as a way to increase their own collection capacities. Apart from undeniable intelligence and political benefits brought by the international intelligence cooperation, this form of the cooperation entails certain intelligence risks. Among other things, intelligence cooperation can be used for evading the supervision of the intelligence services' work and making indirect pressure on the partner side. To fully exploit the advantages of the international intelligence cooperation, it is necessary to clearly define the objectives of the national intelligence policy and establish accurate mechanisms that provide the supervision of the services' activity in this area.