Basniak Y. The security factor of the transatlantic relationship in the post-bipolar period.

The sources, the state of scientific development and research methodology are systematized and characterized. The main theoretical and methodological principles of the study of transatlantic relations in the field of security are generalized. The vision of representatives of the school of neorealism in the nature of transatlantic relations, the theoretical models of further processes in the international system and the basic concepts of security are analyzed. The process of forming the ideological and political foundations for the formation of the transatlantic community within the framework of a dynamic process, which began with the collapse of the USSR, is traced. The role of geopolitical interests as a factor of formation and maintenance of the common security in the transatlantic region is highlighted.