Fursai O. Information security policy of the French Republic in the context of international political transformations

The focus of the thesis lies in the study of the information security policy of France within the framework of the transformation of the international relations system, which is increasingly characterised by the growing role of the information technology component as one of the key factors of the state's power and influence in the international arena. The scientific paper examines the theoretical and methodological aspects of information security, its relationship with the concepts of "soft power", "smart power", and "hybrid war", as well as key features of information security policy at the supranational and national levels. Specifically, the analysis encompasses the actions of international actors in the realm of information security, notably at the national level, focusing on France, Great Britain, and Germany, and at the supranational level, considering the European Union and the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO). The policies of information subjects are researched at several levels: - regulatory and conceptual foundations of policies, where key strategic documents, laws, concepts, and decisions regulating the activities of actors in the field of information security are examined; - institutional structure, where the organisation of the mentioned subjects, key bodies, their work, and the results of this work are examined; - the role of the society and private sector in the formation and implementation of information security policy; - concrete examples of the implementation of information security policy, which make clear the peculiarities of the interaction of these policies with the real political environment.