Tkachuk A. The Armed Forces as a Factor of Ukraine's National Security in Political Party Activities in 1991 – 2018.

The thesis shows the main thoughts of political parties and movements of Ukraine on the process of formation, development, and reforming of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as a factor of national security and defense. The historiography of this problem was further developed. A complete analysis of the essence, content, and efficiency of formation mechanisms of the Armed Forces as a complex socio-political entity, shows its dependence on state-building processes. The common patterns, trends, and features of the formation of the military power of Ukraine during 1991-2018 in the vision of the national political elite are clarified. Outlined the specifics of the Ukrainian political establishment activities towards solving the problems of the development of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in general mechanism to ensure the defense capability of the state. The influence of objective and subjective factors of the social and political development of Ukraine on the development of its military organization is identified. It traces the trends that existed in the Ukrainian society on the development of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, along with other social and political institutions. In specific examples demonstrates the negative and positive impact of political parties and movements on the development and transformation of the Ukrainian army. Effectiveness evaluation of parliamentary political parties in the development and adoption of legislative initiatives related to the development of the Armed Forces in the national security system of Ukraine is given. An analysis of the legal principles of the functioning and reforming of the Armed Forces, particularly the level of public funding, personnel cuts, and the transfer of the army to contract, was conducted.