MURASHKO A. Implementation of state policy in the spheres of national security and defense at the regional level

The dissertation is devoted to the development of theoretical and methodological provisions and practical recommendations for improving the implementation of state policy in the field of national security and defense at the regional level. The paper substantiates the theoretical approach to the formation of the Ukrainian national security strategy, systematization of components in the context of integration of political and legal norms, institutions, rules of procedure and activities aimed at ensuring national security and neutralizing or eliminating it, in terms of improving the conceptual and categorical apparatus. The methodical approach in the part of realization of conceptual bases of the analysis of efficiency of the national security policy in Ukraine by introduction of complex system of interaction of the basic subjects of its maintenance at the state, regional and non-state levels is characterized. A practical approach to the development and implementation of state policy in the field of national security in Ukraine, which performs the following functions: ensuring the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the state; support for a constitutional order built on democratic principles; prevention of external interference in the internal affairs of Ukraine, etc. A mechanism for financing state policy in the field of national security and defense at the regional level has been developed, based on the application of program management of national security goals. It is able to objectively present comprehensive information on ideological, scientific and expert-analytical components of national security impact. Based on the systematization of foreign and domestic models, the expediency of creating an effective system of national security and defense, which consists in the probable adaptation and implementation of leading European practices in the functioning of territorial defense units, has been proved. The leading role of the state in ensuring the national interests of Ukraine in the field of national security and defense, as well as the importance of cooperation between public authorities and civil society to improve the implementation of state national security policy in internal and external challenges to the unity of the people of Ukraine.