Ukraine’s national security strategy in modern conditions: tasks and implementation problems

Abstract

The article examines topical theoretical, legal and constitutional problems associated with the development of a national security strategy, which should now occupy almost one of the central places in the development of an independent Ukrainian state. After all, it is the national security strategy that determines the principles, priority goals, objectives and mechanisms for protecting the vital interests of the individual, society and the state from external and internal threats. It is argued that the study of the constitutional and legal aspects of the national security strategy of Ukraine has not only theoretical, but also directly practical significance, since it is aimed at improving the current legislation on the national security of Ukraine and the military doctrine of Ukraine, is the basis for the development of guidelines and directions for the activities of public authorities in order to timely identify, prevent and neutralize real and potential threats to the national interests of Ukraine. It is concluded that the main goal of the strategy is to ensure a level of national security that would guarantee human and civil rights and freedoms, sustainable innovative development of Ukraine, its culture and identity, competitiveness of the economy and society, further strengthening of the international positions and authority of the Ukrainian state in the modern world. Successful solution of these fateful tasks for Ukraine is possible provided that not only the unity and capacity of state power. The dynamics and scale of change in the modern world dictate the need to develop scientific and legal issues of national security strategy. Therefore, the problem of national security is relevant, and its research and solution is associated with the need to develop a unified system of knowledge about national security, a unified methodological framework for studying, analyzing, evaluating and forecasting specific means and ways of ensuring national security, adequate to the nature and scale threats to national interests.