Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The article examines the essential characteristics of Ukraine's national security, its components, role and features in the context of global security. The understanding of Ukraine's national security is presented in military, political, information, and cultural dimensions. The challenges to Ukraine's national security since the declaration of independence (1991), the mistakes of domestic and foreign policy that deprived Ukraine of the military power inherited after the collapse of the USSR are analyzed. The reasons for the prolonged uncertainty of the foreign policy and the unformed national idea are highlighted both at the level of the political authorities, which were under the strong influence of the Russian Federation, and in the context of the dynamics of public sentiment of Ukrainians and their political mentality. The influence of European values and traditions, Soviet narratives, and Russian propaganda on the identity and political mentality of Ukrainians, and how these sentiments affected the state-building process are studied. The situation of Ukraine in the military-political sphere after independence to the Revolution of Dignity is traced; the influence of European traditions on the state-building process is noted; the role of Ukrainian culture as an important factor in countering Russian expansion and a factor of national security is emphasized; Ukraine's achievements on the path to European integration are highlighted.
Source: Society and Security
Institution: Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4403614590