Patlashynska I. The Institutionalization of International Peacekeeping

A comprehensive political research is carried out to institutionalize international peacekeeping activities. Various sources have been analyzed and structured in seven groups was done. Their critical analysis has helped to realize the purpose and tasks of the work, to prove that the institutionalization of international peacekeeping activities of the period 1948-2016 has not yet been sufficiently studied. The complex research of theoretical and practical meanings of peacemaking from military-power to "non-military" spheres is carried out. It is proved that in the modern period, the institutionalization of international peacekeeping activity took place. A new paradigm for the development of the world requires that for peaceful coexistence all countries count on its imperatives. Ukraine's participation in international peacekeeping operations ensures its active presence in the political processes of the world, is one of the main directions of the security policy.