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Problem setting. Globalization in spite of its obvious advantages for the development of human civilization constantly polarizes the world system. Existing contradictions between states and even regions with different civilization traditions at the beginning of the XXI century actualized their choosing of asymmetric response strategies to the actual challenges of globalization and security threats. Such strategies are often aimed at generating and strengthening the space of uncertainty and risk-landscapes in the opponent countries. World experience shows that the components of such asymmetric approaches in foreign policy are the reproduction of so-called "hybrid threats" and fomenting "hybrid wars", which become a constant source of political risks for the object of such "hybrid" impact.In this connection, the necessity to analyze the whole range of risks and, of course, political and related critical vulnerabilities becomes very important for modern states in order to ensure resistance to hybrid and other threats of globalization, as well as to ensure integration of the process of governing such risks into the structure of public strategic planning and crisis management, in particular. In the case of Ukraine, all this actualizes the scientific reflection of the hybrid threats impact of in the context of finding optimal ways to develop risk-oriented public administration.Recent research and publications analysis. The study of hybrid wars and threats, in particular regarding Ukraine, is now the focus of many specialists around the world. In particular, among foreign scientists this problem is studied by P. Cullen, K. Giles, E. Reichborn, M. Snegovay, N. Wegge. In Ukraine, such specialists as M. Gonchar, V. Gorbulin, S. Dyachenko, S. Zhuk, A. Zvarych, A. Ishchuk, E. Magda, Y. Tishchenko, A. Chubik, and R. Shutov devote their works to this issue mainly from the point of view of the maintenance of national security.Highlighting previously unsettled parts of the general problem. The problem of existing connection of hybrid warfare phenomena and hybrid threats with the state of state management of political and other national risks in Ukraine has not actually been raised, which causes the necessity to reveal the influence of these risk-forming factors of globalization for the modern Ukrainian state and proving that their actualization became a consequence of the government's neglect of risk management activities.Paper main body. The author emphasizes a methodological approach to assessment of hybrid threats, according to which the latter are the result of the aggressor's focus on specific vulnerabilities of the target system, as well as its ability to synchronize a wide range of its capabilities that are adapted to these vulnerabilities.The article substantiates that hybrid threats and hybrid warfare cannot be recognized without taking into account the assessment of political and other risks.The author highlights Ukraine's internal vulnerabilities in political, social, economic, information and military areas. These are: the constant competition of political elites for the power resources of the state while maintaining the clan-oligarchic model of political relations; the weak role of strategic planning of public policy and the low level of strategic communications and coordination of government actors; low efficiency of the main legislative body; deprofessionalization of public service; resource-intensive industry and unreformed energy system; weak macroeconomic indicators and high level of foreign debt; underdeveloped cyber-security system; corrupt law enforcement agencies; imbalanced national security system; social and moral crisis of Ukrainian society.The paper also identifies and describes the main political risk factors that were specifically created by Russia in Ukraine. They are: systematic informational and psychological impact on the Ukrainian society by anti-Ukrainian and pro-Russian narratives; support of pro-Russian groups of influence both in the Ukrainian politics and establishment, and in the marginalized segment of society; construction of foreign policy circumstances that put into question Ukraine's ability to systematically respond to the threats of national security.Conclusions of the research and prospects for further studies. The conducted research allowed proving that inefficiency and actual absence of any activity in managing political and other national risks at the governmentally level during the whole period of its independence became one of the main sources of Ukraine's critical vulnerabilities along with the possibility for the aggressor to strengthen their action. The differentiation of political risk factors that formed the critical vulnerabilities of the Ukrainian state into the ones that are inherent to Ukraine and those that were generated by the aggressor was justified.The author considers the analysis of other political risks of globalization, in particular, the integration of the national economy into the world economy system as a perspective direction for further research. ; Актуалізовано необхідність наукового осмислення ризикогенного впливу глобалізації у контексті пошуку оптимальних шляхів розбудови ризик-орієнтованого державного управління в Україні. Проаналізовано вплив таких ризикоутворюючих чинників глобалізації для сучасної України, як гібридні війни та гібридні загрози. Доведено, що неефективність і фактична відсутність діяльності з управління політичними та національними ризиками на державному рівні за весь період незалежності України стали одним із основних джерел критичних вразливостей Української держави поряд із спроможністю зовнішнього агресора підсилювати їх дію. Обґрунтування диференціацію політичних ризикогенних чинників, що формували критичні вразливості держави, на такі, що іманентно властиві Україні, і такі, що були навмисно створені Росією.

Problem setting. Globalization in spite of its obvious advantages for the development of human civilization constantly polarizes the world system. Existing contradictions between states and even regions with different civilization traditions at the beginning of the XXI century actualized their choosing of asymmetric response strategies to the actual challenges of globalization and security threats. Such strategies are often aimed at generating and strengthening the space of uncertainty and risk-landscapes in the opponent countries. World experience shows that the components of such asymmetric approaches in foreign policy are the reproduction of so-called "hybrid threats" and fomenting "hybrid wars", which become a constant source of political risks for the object of such "hybrid" impact.In this connection, the necessity to analyze the whole range of risks and, of course, political and related critical vulnerabilities becomes very important for modern states in order to ensure resistance to hybrid and other threats of globalization, as well as to ensure integration of the process of governing such risks into the structure of public strategic planning and crisis management, in particular. In the case of Ukraine, all this actualizes the scientific reflection of the hybrid threats impact of in the context of finding optimal ways to develop risk-oriented public administration.Recent research and publications analysis. The study of hybrid wars and threats, in particular regarding Ukraine, is now the focus of many specialists around the world. In particular, among foreign scientists this problem is studied by P. Cullen, K. Giles, E. Reichborn, M. Snegovay, N. Wegge. In Ukraine, such specialists as M. Gonchar, V. Gorbulin, S. Dyachenko, S. Zhuk, A. Zvarych, A. Ishchuk, E. Magda, Y. Tishchenko, A. Chubik, and R. Shutov devote their works to this issue mainly from the point of view of the maintenance of national security.Highlighting previously unsettled parts of the general problem. The problem of existing connection of hybrid warfare phenomena and hybrid threats with the state of state management of political and other national risks in Ukraine has not actually been raised, which causes the necessity to reveal the influence of these risk-forming factors of globalization for the modern Ukrainian state and proving that their actualization became a consequence of the government's neglect of risk management activities.Paper main body. The author emphasizes a methodological approach to assessment of hybrid threats, according to which the latter are the result of the aggressor's focus on specific vulnerabilities of the target system, as well as its ability to synchronize a wide range of its capabilities that are adapted to these vulnerabilities.The article substantiates that hybrid threats and hybrid warfare cannot be recognized without taking into account the assessment of political and other risks.The author highlights Ukraine's internal vulnerabilities in political, social, economic, information and military areas. These are: the constant competition of political elites for the power resources of the state while maintaining the clan-oligarchic model of political relations; the weak role of strategic planning of public policy and the low level of strategic communications and coordination of government actors; low efficiency of the main legislative body; deprofessionalization of public service; resource-intensive industry and unreformed energy system; weak macroeconomic indicators and high level of foreign debt; underdeveloped cyber-security system; corrupt law enforcement agencies; imbalanced national security system; social and moral crisis of Ukrainian society.The paper also identifies and describes the main political risk factors that were specifically created by Russia in Ukraine. They are: systematic informational and psychological impact on the Ukrainian society by anti-Ukrainian and pro-Russian narratives; support of pro-Russian groups of influence both in the Ukrainian politics and establishment, and in the marginalized segment of society; construction of foreign policy circumstances that put into question Ukraine's ability to systematically respond to the threats of national security.Conclusions of the research and prospects for further studies. The conducted research allowed proving that inefficiency and actual absence of any activity in managing political and other national risks at the governmentally level during the whole period of its independence became one of the main sources of Ukraine's critical vulnerabilities along with the possibility for the aggressor to strengthen their action. The differentiation of political risk factors that formed the critical vulnerabilities of the Ukrainian state into the ones that are inherent to Ukraine and those that were generated by the aggressor was justified.The author considers the analysis of other political risks of globalization, in particular, the integration of the national economy into the world economy system as a perspective direction for further research. ; Актуалізовано необхідність наукового осмислення ризикогенного впливу глобалізації у контексті пошуку оптимальних шляхів розбудови ризик-орієнтованого державного управління в Україні. Проаналізовано вплив таких ризикоутворюючих чинників глобалізації для сучасної України, як гібридні війни та гібридні загрози. Доведено, що неефективність і фактична відсутність діяльності з управління політичними та національними ризиками на державному рівні за весь період незалежності України стали одним із основних джерел критичних вразливостей Української держави поряд із спроможністю зовнішнього агресора підсилювати їх дію. Обґрунтування диференціацію політичних ризикогенних чинників, що формували критичні вразливості держави, на такі, що іманентно властиві Україні, і такі, що були навмисно створені Росією.