STRENGTHENING UKRAINE'S INTERNATIONAL SUBJECTIVITY AS A GUARANTEE OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE

Abstract

The article analyzes the possibilities of updating Ukraine's national security and defense strategy by strengthening international partnership and cooperation. The formation of the national security and defense doctrine of Ukraine for the post-war period cannot take place without taking into account the existing international security system, which has undergone a significant transformation in recent years (ineffective UN, formalized OSCE, lack of unity among NATO members). Two options for ensuring such security are noted: 1) on its own by creating its own defense capabilities; 2) by joining the North Atlantic Alliance. The choice of any of the existing security models requires the State to create its own and effective strategy for ensuring national security and defense of Ukraine. The author proves that ensuring national security and defense on its own requires expenditures to strengthen defense capabilities and time to modernize the military-industrial complex. Of greater interest in this regard is Ukraine's acquisition of full membership in the EU and NATO as key international security structures in Europe and the world. The main means of achieving the strategic objectives of strengthening Ukraine's international legal personality are the restoration of territorial integrity, a mechanism for guaranteeing the country's security and inviolability of borders, reintegration of the occupied territories, accession to the EU and NATO, a new format of relations with Russia, combating separatism, cyberattacks, etc. The new strategy of national security and defense of Ukraine should take into account the scale of existing threats, be integrated into the system of international and regional security, and strengthen Ukraine's international subjectivity.