Iedamova A. Political factors of the investment positioning in the international relations system (on the example of the USA, EU, Russian Federation and Ukraine)

The thesis is devoted to the political analysis of investment positioning in the interaction of international actors of different sizes with the review of modern trends in theory and practice of the asymmetrical impact in the international relations. The author systematized existing conceptual and methodological approaches to the essence of global environment development trends in the context of interaction of international actors of different sizes; analyzed investment positioning experience of international actors of different sizes and determined asymmetry of political factors in conditions of international interaction; researched investment policy of the USA as a ensuring factor of global leadership and ascertained the impact of the US investment positioning on the foreign policy of other international actors; substantiated political component of the EU investment activity in the conditions of international competition; examined peculiarities of the Russian Federation investment positioning as a mechanism of regional domination policy; carried out analysis of international institutions influence on the investment positioning of Ukraine and clarified peculiarities that ensure national interests in the context of state investment appeal; grounded the importance of conceptual support of Ukrainian investment positioning in the international relations and submitted empiric research of state investment positioning components and instruments in comparison with the USA, EU and Russia.