THE CONCEPT AND ESSENCE OF NATIONAL SECURITY AS A CATEGORY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Abstract

The article examines in detail the definition of the concept of national security, its role in ensuring the stability and development of the state, as well as the components that make up its structure. The emphasis is on the importance of integrating various security sectors – political, economic, social, military and environmental – to form an effective national security system. The interaction of state bodies and the public in the process of formulating and implementing national security policy is considered. The article emphasizes the need to understand national security not only as a defense mechanism, but also as a comprehensive system that covers all spheres of the state and society. Special attention is paid to modern challenges and threats that national security systems face in conditions of martial law, globalization and geopolitical changes. The work presents the approaches of various researchers, how they pay attention to the content of the concept of “national security”. At the same time, the article states that there is no single approach to this concept. Along with numerous approaches of scientific research to the concept of “national security”, the article widely covers the concept of “national security”, which is specified in regulatory and legal acts. In particular, such regulatory and legal acts as the Constitution of Ukraine, the Law of Ukraine “On National Security of Ukraine”, the National Security Strategy of Ukraine, etc. are analyzed. The purpose of the article is a comprehensive analysis of the concept of the essence of the phenomenon of “national security” as a category of state governance, the definition of basic approaches to its understanding, as well as the study of mechanisms for ensuring security in current conditions. The conclusions indicate that the national security of Ukraine has several main characteristics that determine its effective functioning. These characteristics include integrity, relative independence, and stability, each of which is critical to the stability of the state in modern conditions. The importance of Ukraine’s national security lies in ensuring the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and indivisibility of the state. This ensures that the country remains united and unchanging within its political and geographical boundaries, and also preserves its independence in relations with other states.