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Abstract: Foreign policy analysis (FPA), recognized as a sub-discipline of international relations, focused on explaining foreign policy or, alternatively, on the processes and behaviors in the framework of this policy. FPA is characterized by an actor-specific focus, based upon the argument that all that occurs between nations and across nations is grounded in human decision-makers acting singly or in groups. Explication of the process and the behavior of decision-makers may need to reach categories and tools developed within other disciplines. The main aim of the paper is to identify the emphasis of interdisciplinary research especially in the perspective adopted by the author of the individual level of analysis of foreign policy. The use of tools and categories relevant to the study of political leadership and political psychology, may allow, more than ever, verifiability of assertions in the study of foreign policy. ; Analiza polityki zagranicznej ujmowana jako subdyscyplina stosunków międzynarodowych albo alternatywnie wyodrębniony obszar badawczy koncentruje się na wyjaśnianiu polityki zagranicznej, nawiązując do teoretycznych założeń i twierdzeń na temat ludzkich zachowań jednostek. Eksplikacja zachowań i decyzji decydentów podejmowanych w ramach polityki zagranicznej może wymagać sięgnięcia do kategorii i narzędzi wypracowanych w ramach innych dyscyplin. Celem artykułu jest wskazanie interdyscyplinarności badań, zwłaszcza przy przyjętej przez autorkę perspektywie jednostkowego poziomu analizy polityki zagranicznej. Zastosowanie narzędzi i kategorii właściwych studiom nad przywództwem politycznym, a także psychologii politycznej może umożliwić większą niż dotychczas weryfikowalność twierdzeń w badaniach nad polityką zagraniczną.

The subject of this article is a critical reflection on how to analyse contemporary foreign policy. In times of ever-faster globalisation and deepening European integration two questions appear to be particularly important: to what extent are the classic(al) methods of explaining and analysing foreign policy still relevant? Are new theoretical concepts needed that are functional and useful? To accomplish the task described above, structural realism, as one of the major theories of international relations, has been juxtaposed with the very popular concept of Europeanization. Following this path, the relevant literature, consisting predominantly of Kenneth Waltz's works published after the end of the Cold War and the creation of the EU, has been reviewed and analysed. As for Europeanization, materials devoted to the specific issue of its impact on the foreign policies of European states and the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy as a whole has been used. To summarise, the attempt to combine and synthesize structural realism and the concept of Europeanization has been undertaken in search for an optimal (in a cognitive and explanatory aspect) method of analysing the foreign policies of EU Member States.

The article takes up the problem of Chinese intelligence as a tool of support foreign policy. In the first place, the theoretical concepts and assumptions concerning this domain of state policy have been systematized. A review of selected foreign policy definitions in Polish-language political literature was conducted in this respect. Next the authors discussed the specificity of foregin policy determinants, structures and instruments. The key determinants of China's foreign policy of political, military, geographic, economic, and doctrinal character were discussed in following part of article. In the last part of the paper, an attempt was made to answer the question of how the above conditions affect the demand and performance of Chinese intelligence activities.

Basic directions of external economic politics of Ukraine are considered. The specifics of reform of foreign policy and its role in economic development are shown. The result of the implementation of the foreign economic strategy of Ukraine was hit at the mercy of fluctuations in world market prices of raw materials. Active participation of Ukraine in the system of economic relations limited mainly low level of technical and economic development and low competitiveness of domestic products. The identified problems of foreign policy can be resolved on the basis of the transition from regulation of foreign economic activity as an independent sphere to represent it as part of an overall strategy of socio-economic development. Strategic policy directions of improving the regulation of foreign economic activity in Ukraine are set. It is proved that in modern conditions necessary qualitative changes in the composition and content of the regulatory functions of the state, which would be aimed at creating institutional support of the competitive environment and effective market mechanisms. Creation of institutional mechanism of counteraction to the negative consequences of processes of globalization of world economy is needed side by side with this, to external economic expansion of the developed states by defense of economic interests taking into account international norms and rules.

The aim of the paper is to analyze how Europeanization is used as an instrument of the European Union's foreign policy in the field of promoting democracy in the world. This fi rst requires an indication that all EU activities, including its relations with the international environment, are based on specific normative foundations. They include the so-called European values regarding, generally speaking, the promotion of democracy and broadly
understood human rights, as well as strengthening peace in international relations. "European values" are not only political and ideological guidelines, but also legal norms enshrined in EU treaties, so the promotion of democracy is one of the basic goals of the EU's foreign policy. Analysis of the EU's promotion of democracy requires the presentation of the main categories used to study this issue, i.e. showing what is understood by Europeanization, as well as by the associated concepts of democratization and socialization. Then mechanisms of europeanization are examined, as well as its results and evaluation of its effectiveness is provided. In this respect the case study is very helpful, in that it examines the results of
Europeanization in relation to the EU partner countries covered by the Eastern Partnership. The paper ends with fi nal remarks constituting a summary of the studied issues.

The article investigates the multidimensional features of the public opinion influence on forming and realization of the foreign-policy activity of the country. The interdisciplinary approach, that connected work from sociology, law, political science and international relations, was used. On the basis of historical method, it was succeeded to extrapolate the received practices of the ХXth century as for taking into account of public idea on modern international events, a system method defined the state as a subject of international relations, taking into account the separate role of its institutes, a comparative method allowed to distinguish the features of influence of citizens on state decisions in the different political modes, and behaviorism allowed to distinguish the terms of change of the citizens' behavior, society in relation to a foreign policy. The realized analysis of the scientific approaches of realism and liberalism defined the historical epochs of their forming and basic tendencies of taking into account or ignoringthe citizens' moods at the level of the public policy in relation to the short-term and strategic tasks of power in its international cooperation. The groups of countries were certain, where they are most represented. It has been found that, the delineation of manipulative constituent of forming the public opinion became the important conclusion of the research by means of mass-media, by specially democratic countries, in relation to the most essential events as intruding in the other country, coalition participating in international conflicts, intervention, membership in intergovernmental organizations and others like that. Thereafter, it was well proven that the public opinion is the important process of the legitimacy of the foreign-policy activity of the state both inside the state and in cooperating with international players.

Introduction. Foreign direct investment occupies a significant place in financial flows and creates tools through which stable and long-term ties between countries are formed. Investment flows, which are both balanced and geographically and conjunctively disproportionate, can have positive and negative consequences for the host country's economy. Particular attention should be paid to the qualitative parameters of the foreign investment process, which include the country of origin of investments, that is, their geographical location.Purpose. The purpose of the article is a comprehensive study of the geographical structure of foreign direct investment in Ukraine throughout the time-period of our country's existence as an independent participant in the process of foreign investment.Method (methodology). In the process of researching the selected topic, the following methods were used: monographic – in order to study the results of existing analytical research, the object of which is the process of foreign investment in Ukraine and its aspect as the geographical structure of foreign investments is investigated; method of calculating the relative values of the structure – for the research of the geographical structure of foreign direct investment in Ukraine, which made it possible to abstract from a specific numerical expression of the volume of parts of the population; tabular – for submission of analytical information about the object of research; graphic – for visual presentation of the obtained statistical data on the geographical structure of foreign direct investment in Ukraine. Results. International investment activity has a significant impact on the geographical structure of FDI in Ukraine. During the study period (1995 - the end of 2019) the main investors were European countries. They exported to Ukraine annually about 50 % of the total invested capital, and in 2006-2011s, this figure reached 70 %. Investments from the European Union play a crucial role in Ukraine's foreign direct investment process.According to the research, over the past 25 years there have been significant transformations in the territorial geographical structure of FDI in Ukraine. First of all, the number of investor countries has increased and the role of leaders, such as the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, has decreased. The role of investments from offshore countries and countries equated to them, such as Cyprus, Belize, the Bahamas, the British Virgin Islands, the Netherlands and others, has significantly increased. If in early 1995 the share of investments from these countries was about 11%, then at the beginning of 1998 this figure was 20 %, at the beginning of 2008 - 33%, at the beginning of 2011 – 51 %, and at the end of 2019 - 60 % respectively. It should be noted that there is no significant investment from South America, such as Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela, the industrialized countries of East and Southeast Asia and China, which is one of the 10 leading countries in the world. In this direction, promising investment cooperation should be expanded by concluding investment agreements taking into account the interests of future investors.Perspectives. In our opinion, promising in the future are studies of sectoral and territorial structure of FDI in terms of the largest countries of investors, assessment of their impact on the economic development of Ukraine in order to make effective management decisions in attracting foreign investors.

The article investigates the common aspects of home policy determinants of foreign policy. The author argues that before the modern political science international relations raises questions about the possibility of aggravation of geopolitical confrontation in the process of alternative models of world order and the impact of the internal heterogeneity of the leading countries in the world in the development of a new system of international relations. On the example of the Peloponnesian War, the internal factors of international relations are reviewed and analyzed, the inadequacy and inaccuracy of many of the stereotypes of the theory of international relations, inspired liberal propaganda are clearly demonstrated. Falseness of the statements about the innate aggressiveness of authoritarian regimes is proved, the position about an inherent pacifism of democracies is refuted. ; Стаття присвячена дослідженню загальних аспектів проблеми внутрішньополітичних детермінант зовнішньої політики. Визначено, що перед сучасною політологією міжнародних відносин постає питання щодо можливості загострення геополітичного протистояння в процесі формування альтернативних моделей світоустрою загалом, і впливу внутрішньополітичної гетерогенності провідних держав світу на становлення нової системи міжнародних відносин зокрема. На прикладі Пелопоннеської війни розглянуто і проаналізовано внутрішні чинники міжнародних відносин, продемонстровано неадекватність та помилковість багатьох стереотипів теорії міжнародних відносин, навіяних ліберальною пропагандою. Доведено хибність положень про вроджену агресивність авторитарних режимів, спростовано твердження про іманентний пацифізм демократій.

The relevance of this study is determined by the strengthening of migration processes, caused by the development and deepening of globalization and integration processes, and the emergence of the opposing processes. It has been indicated that migration processes influence greatly the direction and pace of development of the global and domestic economy, demographic processes in most countries, enhancement or reduction of the social standards, and other aspects of our lives. It has been determined that nowadays our country doesn't have any unified comprehensive concept of the migration policy that would give the country and its citizens opportunity to become high-grade members of the European Community, keep and fully protect their civil, labour and social rights and freedoms. The aim of the study is to analyze the modern migration policy of the European countries and to define recommendations on the strengthening of the communication between domestic and European migration policy. Methods of the systemic, structural analysis, logical analysis, factual analysis and situational approach have been used in order of achieving the stated aim. During the study it has been found that modern migration policy of the European countries is formed under the influence of the defined factors: demographics, significant changes in conditions of the modern labour market, increase of the intensity of external migration flows, military conflicts on the territory of Ukraine and Syria, deepening of the problem of international terrorism, permanent financial crisis in some countries of the European Union, the referendum in the UK on the decision to exit the EU. According to the results of the research, recommendations on the necessity to study and apply the fundamentals and principles of the European migration policies in defined spheres have been formed.

The author analyses the selected aspects of capitalism in the countries of Central Europe. The author presents the various theoretical concepts that refer to the issue in question involving the concept coined by L. King and I. Szelenyi, which holds that the systemic changes in the countries of this region are specifically characterised by the perspective of 'from without' capitalism. They believe that the specificity of the capitalist system lies in the fact that in the key times of the post-communist changes of the political system, the issue of the absence of an important class of private owners was not addressed. In the West private proprietors were the ones that constituted the main driving force of an open-market economy. The article presents the advantages and drawbacks of an economic model formed by the dominant share of foreign capital, with an emphasis placed on the consequences of the issue in question on the limitations of the subjectivity of economic policy of a state as well as the development chances of local businesses. It manifests the fears that the model created in Poland (and in other countries of the region) after the year 1989 sets the role model for local enterprises of corporate subcontractors of mainly traditional or niche products and services.

Importance of military power has been limited after the cold-war. Range of military instrument underwent gradual broadening. Significant influence on this situation has been exerted by both new technology and new armament systems but also by the growth of non-state actors.The latest actors are more threat to the societies than to states. This problem has affected a form of utilization of military instrument in foreign policy of states.The article includes analysis of notion "military instrument". Forms of implementation of military instruments in foreign policy of states has been characterized also. Two hypotheses are subject of verification. The first, forms of implementation of military instruments of foreign policies of states are dynamic process and they undergo gradual widening. The second, although indirect forms of implementation of military instruments predominate, however, it appear new possibilities of direct use of military instruments in low intensity conflicts, i.e. below threshold of war. ; Znaczenie siły militarnej po zakończeniu zimnej wojny zostało ograniczone. Jednocześnie zakres instrumentów militarnych ulegał stopniowemu rozszerzeniu. Znaczący wpływ na zaistniałą sytuację wywarł rozwój technologiczny i wprowadzanie nowych systemów uzbrojenia oraz wzrost znaczenia podmiotów niepaństwowych, które stanowią zagrożenie, w większym stopniu dla społeczeństw, niż samych państw. Kwestia ta przełożyła się na formę wykorzystania instrumentu militarnego w polityce zagranicznej państw.Niniejszy artykuł zawiera analizę pojęcia "instrument militarny". Scharakteryzowane zostaną także formy wykorzystania instrumentu militarnego w polityce zagranicznej państwa. W niniejszym artykule poddano weryfikacji dwie hipotezy. Po pierwsze, formy wykorzystania instrumentu militarnego polityki zagranicznej państwa są dynamicznym procesem i ulegają stopniowemu poszerzeniu. Po drugie, mimo iż dominują pośrednie formy wykorzystania instrumentu militarnego, to jednak pojawiają się nowe możliwości, w tym związane z bezpośrednim użyciem sił zbrojnych o niskiej intensywności, tj. poniżej progu wojny.

The article is devoted to the analysis of China's foreign policy strategy on the world stage. The purpose of the study is to give a comprehensive analysis of the main dimensions of China's foreign policy strategy at the present stage.Geopolitical and geoeconomic factors of formation of the strategy of the People's Republic of China are characterized. The study stressed that China's rapidly changing economic position on the world stage is also influencing its global policy. The regional dimension of China's current foreign policy behavior and its influence on the formation of the general vision of the Chinese leadership in the role of the country in the international political arena are analyzed.In light of current events, China's policy is of particular importance. Obviously, this country plays a very important role in world politics and this role will grow over time. A number of well-known experts and analysts have already classified China as an economic superpower. Some experts even believe that while China's integration with the outside world was the main imperative in the first 30 years of economic reform, China will focus on shaping the global world order over the next three decades.It is proved that the main focus of China's active foreign policy activities on gaining the status of a leading regional and global state remains the economy.The main dimensions of the realization of Beijing's national interests at the present stage have been clarified. The research assumed that the national interests of China at this stage are in the process of transformation. Some scholars argue that China's core interests have already gone beyond a simple sovereign territorial restriction.The study concluded that China's extremely ambitious efforts under Xi Jinping are aimed at expanding its sphere of influence and control throughout the world and at establishing a global economic power. ; Статья посвящена анализу внешнеполитической стратегии КНР на мировой арене. Цель исследования - дать комплексный анализ основных измерений внешнеполитической стратегии КНР на современном этапе.Охарактеризованы геополитические и геоэкономические факторы становления стратегии КНР. Было подчеркнуто, что стремительно изменяющаяся экономическая позиция Китая на мировой арене также влияет на ее глобальную политику. Проанализированы региональное измерение современного внешнеполитического поведения КНР и его влияние на формирование общего видения китайского руководства роли страны на международной политической арене.В свете происходящих событий особую важность приобретает политика КНР. Очевидно, что эта страна играет очень важную роль в мировой политике и впоследствии эта роль будет все больше возрастать. Ряд известных экспертов и аналитиков уже причисляют КНР к экономической супердержаве. Некоторые эксперты даже считают, что если в первые 30 лет осуществления экономических реформ в качестве основного императива выступала интеграция Китая с внешним миром, то в течение следующих трех десятилетий основной акцент КНР будет уже ставить на формирование глобального миропорядка.Доказано, что главным фокусом активной внешнеполитической деятельности КНР по приобретению статуса ведущей региональной и глобальной державы остается экономика.Выяснены основные измерения реализации национальных интересов Пекина на современном этапе. Предположено, что национальные интересы КНР на данном этапе находятся на стадии трансформации. Некоторые ученые говорят о том, что основные интересы Китая уже выходят за рамки простого суверенного территориального ограничения.Сделан вывод, что чрезвычайно амбициозные усилия Китая под руководством Си Цзиньпина направленные на расширение своей сферы влияния и контроля на весь мир и по становлению глобальной экономической державы. ; Стаття присвячена аналізу зовнішньополітичної стратегії КНР на світовій арені. Мета дослідження – дати комплексний аналіз основних вимірів зовнішньополітичної стратегії КНР на сучасному етапі.Охарактеризовано геополітичні та геоекономічні чинники становлення стратегії КНР. Було підкреслено, що стрімко змінювана економічна позиція Китаю на світовій арені також впливає на її глобальну політику. Проаналізовано регіональний вимір сучасної зовнішньополітичної поведінки КНР та його вплив на формування загального бачення китайського керівництва ролі країни на міжнародній політичній арені. У світлі подій, що відбуваються, особливої важливості набуває політика КНР. Очевидно, що ця країна відіграє дуже важливу роль у світовій політиці і згодом ця роль буде все більше зростати. Ряд відомих експертів та аналітиків вже зараховують КНР до економічної супердержави. Деякі експерти навіть вважають, що якщо в перші 30 років здійснення економічних реформ в якості основного імперативу виступала інтеграція Китаю із зовнішнім світом, то протягом наступних трьох десятиліть основний акцент КНР буде вже ставити на формування глобального світопорядку.Доведено, що головним фокусом активної зовнішньополітичної діяльності КНР з набуття статусу провідної регіональної та глобальної держави залишається економіка.З'ясовано основні виміри реалізації національних інтересів Пекіна на сучасному етапі. Припущено, що національні інтереси КНР на даному етапі перебувають на стадії трансформації. Деякі науковці говорять про те, що основні інтереси Китаю вже виходять за рамки простого суверенного територіального обмеження.Зроблено висновок, що надзвичайно амбітні зусилля Китаю під керівництвом Сі Цзіньпіна спрямовані на розширення своєї сфери впливу та контролю на весь світ та щодо становлення глобальної економічної держави.

The article investigates the role and structural function of the central public authorities, which are the key elements of the Russian system of information influence in the international arena. The major players representing state sector in the framework of the Kremlin's foreign strategy, their main characteristics and impact on the process of deciding and implementation of decisions of the highest political leadership of Russia have been analyzed. In the context of the Russian aggression against Ukraine, which has been continuing since 2014, information and cyber warfare is one of the key Kremlin strategies aimed at the destruction of Ukrainian statehood and demoralization of Ukrainian society. The study has applied systemic and structural-functional analysis. In particular, it has identified a range of key state players, and investigated their role function and structural influence on the development of relevant foreign policy, organizational and managerial decisions and measures on support of the Russian information aggression in the international arena in the system of central bodies of state power of the Russian Federation. It has also provided the opportunity to determine the scale and specific features of the involvement of the highest political leadership of Russia in the implementation of the main directions and tools of information influence of Moscow, Russian Federation, abroad. All these facts, in turn, are of great importance for ensuring national security, in particular in the development of appropriate foreign policy, organizational and managerial decisions and protective measures against the information impact of the enemy. The analysis of the practice of Russia's information and hybrid warfare technologies application against its neighbours shows that Moscow has been taking advantage of a wide range of both state bodies and non-governmental players to strengthen its influence abroad, operating as a single mechanism under a single scenario in the centralized management system.

The article deals with Turkish foreign policy in the Middle East. The author has analyzed main tendencies of Turkish foreign policy over the last fifteen years. Major directions of this country foreign policy strategy in the Middle East have been identified. The author has focused on the peculiarities of American-Turkish, Turkish-Syrian, Turkish-Iranian and Turkish-Russian relationships in the context of mutual cooperation. The foreign policy of Turkey is oriented to stabilization of the situation in the region. Along with it, Turkey performs security functions in the region especially in the context of war in Syria. The author made accent on political, military, economic aspects of cooperation and relationships between Turkey and regional as well as world actors during the above mentioned period. Analysis of multilateral relationships was made in the light of war in Syria. Important factors that reduce effectiveness of foreign policy course were identified. Turkish foreign policy activity as a mediator in solving regional problems was described. Active participation of Turkey in the Syrian war was highlighted in the article. ; В статті розглянуто зовнішню політику Туреччини на Близькому Сході. Проаналізовано основні тенденції зовнішньої політики Анкари упродовж останніх п'ятнадцяти років. Виокремлено основні напрямки зовнішньополітичної стратегії країни в регіоні Близького Сходу. Розглянуто особливості американо-турецьких, турецько-іранських, турецько-сирійських, турецько-російських відносин в контексті двостороннього співробітництва. Висвітлено діяльність Туреччини, спрямовану на стабілізацію ситуації в регіоні. В полі зору дослідника – політичні, військові та економічні аспекти співробітництва та відносини між Туреччиною та низкою регіональних і світових акторів упродовж зазначеного періоду. Здійснено аналіз багатосторонніх відносин в світлі війни в Сирії. Описано чинники, що обмежують ефективність зовнішньої політики країни. Деталізовано діяльність Туреччини як посередника у вирішенні низки регіональних проблем. Описано активну участь Туреччини у вирішенні Сирійської проблеми.

The article deals with Turkish foreign policy in the Middle East. The author has analyzed main tendencies of Turkish foreign policy over the last fifteen years. Major directions of this country foreign policy strategy in the Middle East have been identified. The author has focused on the peculiarities of American-Turkish, Turkish-Syrian, Turkish-Iranian and Turkish-Russian relationships in the context of mutual cooperation. The foreign policy of Turkey is oriented to stabilization of the situation in the region. Along with it, Turkey performs security functions in the region especially in the context of war in Syria. The author made accent on political, military, economic aspects of cooperation and relationships between Turkey and regional as well as world actors during the above mentioned period. Analysis of multilateral relationships was made in the light of war in Syria. Important factors that reduce effectiveness of foreign policy course were identified. Turkish foreign policy activity as a mediator in solving regional problems was described. Active participation of Turkey in the Syrian war was highlighted in the article. ; В статті розглянуто зовнішню політику Туреччини на Близькому Сході. Проаналізовано основні тенденції зовнішньої політики Анкари упродовж останніх п'ятнадцяти років. Виокремлено основні напрямки зовнішньополітичної стратегії країни в регіоні Близького Сходу. Розглянуто особливості американо-турецьких, турецько-іранських, турецько-сирійських, турецько-російських відносин в контексті двостороннього співробітництва. Висвітлено діяльність Туреччини, спрямовану на стабілізацію ситуації в регіоні. В полі зору дослідника – політичні, військові та економічні аспекти співробітництва та відносини між Туреччиною та низкою регіональних і світових акторів упродовж зазначеного періоду. Здійснено аналіз багатосторонніх відносин в світлі війни в Сирії. Описано чинники, що обмежують ефективність зовнішньої політики країни. Деталізовано діяльність Туреччини як посередника у вирішенні низки регіональних проблем. Описано активну участь Туреччини у вирішенні Сирійської проблеми.