AN EXCURSION INTO THE CONCEPT OF “NATIONAL SECURITY” AS A FACTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE, SOCIETY, INDIVIDUAL. THE MAIN THREATS TO UKRAINE’S NATIONAL SECURITY

Abstract

The article analyzes the concept of national security not only in terms of military defense of the country, but also in other aspects in which the processes of strengthening and ensuring state-building processes should take place, as well as the main threats and risks that affect the level of protection of national values. The problem to be studied is the plurality of approaches to the definition of “national security”. At the same time, national security is one of the defining and fundamental elements of the state, which requires constant protection. The national security of Ukraine is achieved through a balanced state policy in accordance with the adopted doctrines, strategies, concepts and programs in the political, economic, social, environmental, scientific and technological, information and military spheres. This concept has a large number of aspects, the difference between which lies, among other things, in the respective positions from which this issue is considered. Generalizing and studying not only the concept, but also the main risks and threats to national security will help prevent such risks in the country’s geopolitical life in the future. This issue is also relevant for Ukraine, since at the present stage of formation our state is facing complex issues that are inextricably linked to serious challenges to its independence and sovereignty, and this has actualized the problem of approaches to the rational definition of the concept of national security, ways and means of ensuring it.