Polubatko N. Political Dimension of the Global Economic Crisis

In the thesis the system peculiarities of the modern international relations and of the global economic crisis have been analyzed, as well as the political and economical factors of it. The evolution of the capitalism for the last thirty years has been studied; its character features and consequences for social and political relations have been distinguished. Anti-crisis measures of the leading states, such as USA, Great Britain, China, Russia, Germany, France, Japan etc. have been analyzed, as well as the impact of them on the role of the state in modern international relations. The reasons and the consequences of the global crisis' impact on Ukraine have been determined. Geopolitical dimensions of the global economic crisis, including peculiarities of the foreign policy of the USA, Russia and China have been studied.