Editors: Oleksandr Radchenko, Valeriia Kovach, Inna Semenets-Orlova, Artur Zaporozhets

Summary: This volume presents the key informational, communication, and socio-political drivers of the Ukrainian state’s national security. Since the beginning of the third millennium, there has been an aggravation of global inter-civilizational confrontations, which in 2022 has already resulted in an open military aggression against Ukraine. The hybrid wars against the world of democracy have put ensuring the national security of states on the front pages of world and national agendas. Using the example of Ukraine, the book demonstrates how, in order to achieve their geopolitical interests, authoritarian regimes incite information wars as a prerequisite for the transition to an armed «hot» war. It further shows how these processes actualize the formation of a fundamentally new state policy to ensure information and, more broadly, national security. The book identifies the main threats to national security in modern states and identifies ways of protecting Ukraine’s national interests.

Reading audience: The book will appeal to scholars, students, and researchers of political science, international relations, social sciences, and neighboring disciplines, as well as practitioners and policy-makers interested in a better understanding of national security drivers and protecting national interests.

ISBN 978-3-031-33723-9 (print) ; 978-3-031-33724-6 (online)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33724-6

Responsible institutions: General Energy Institute of the NAS of Ukraine

Published: Cham : Springer

Other institutions: University of Gdańsk (Institute of Social Sciences), Poland et al.

Size in pages: 316

Additional information: International scientific edition (Contributions to Political Science)