National security strategy of Ukraine: history of belated reforms

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21564/2414-990x.147.186338

Keywords:

national security, strategy, paradigm, national interests, threaten, challenges, aggression, Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Ukraine

Abstract

Among the scientific issues facing the Ukrainian legal community at the present stage, problems in the field of national security law is of particular relevance and practical importance. It is caused, first of all, by the need for systematic reform of the security and defense sector of Ukraine, which is aimed at ensuring the the constitutional order, sovereignty, territorial integrity of Ukraine in the conditions of armed aggression. Of course, researches in that sphere should not be limited by certain subject directions in the development and resolution of complex problems in particular of national security law. Since independence, there has been no systematic assessment of direct or indirect influence of the national security doctrine on legal regulation of the security sphere in Ukraine. As a result of ignoring the issue on identifying potential opponents of Ukraine and threats caused by them, government, while making security policy, was largely driven by subjective considerations, ignoring existing and potential threats to national security. As a result, it was impossible to properly assess the consequences of political decisions taken in the field of national security.

The article studies the origin, content and political significance of national security doctrine for the formation of relevant legislation in the field of security and defense of Ukraine.

Author Biographies

Anatoliy Getman, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University

Doctor of Law, Full Professor, Member of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine

Ivan Yakoviyk, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University

Doctor of Law, Full Professor, Professor of the European Union Law Department

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Getman, A., & Yakoviyk, I. (2019). National security strategy of Ukraine: history of belated reforms. Problems of Legality, (147), 8–22. https://doi.org/10.21564/2414-990x.147.186338

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LEGAL PRINCIPLES OF UKRAINE’S NATIONAL SECURITY