Features of the actors ensuring national security of Ukraine

Abstract

The article aims to elucidate the key features of the actors ensuring the national security of Ukraine. Methodology. The methodological basis for the research is a set of modern general and specific methods and techniques of scientific knowledge, such as logical and semantic, dogmatic, analytical, documentary analysis, classification and systematization, modeling and forecasting methods. Research results. It was stated that these actors possess a specific set of minimal characteristics, which qualifies them as integral components within the structure of entities responsible for ensuring national security. In their activities, they pursue specific goals, thus implementing the function of ensuring national security. Thus, the corresponding circle of actors perform actions that are characterized by a special content, which is based on the rules of current legislation. Practical implementation. A notable feature of the entities under consideration is the performance of an important public meta function – the function of ensuring national security. This function is realized through the implementation of a set of target functions aimed at ensuring the conditions of national security. These target functions include law-making, protective, security, defense, control, coordination, ideological, and educational functions. It is also important to keep in mind that the studied actors are engaged in activities consistent with the principles of ensuring national security and comply with the requirements of current legislation. Value/originality. It is concluded that under current national security doctrine of Ukraine the actors ensuring it appear as subjects of administrative law, which are characterized by certain key features.