Analytical Component of Institutional Provisions for the Assessment of Risks and Threats to the National Security of Ukraine

Abstract

Today, in many developed countries, the analytical component in the institutional support of risk assessment and threats to national security is implemented by situational centers (SCs) at the strategic level through scientific-analytical and predictive support of the national security threat planning process. On the other hand, the common feature of such domestic situational centers is that they were created and continue to function mainly for operational management in the «manual» mode. Whereas the solution of the tasks of strategic analysis and forecasting in the field of national security requires the development of appropriate
analytical content in the above-mentioned structures regarding threat assessment and identification of vulnerabilities.

The article outlines the main problems of development of the analytical component in the institutional support Ukraine national security risks and threats assessment allow to identify a number of perspective areas of its development, in particular: inclusion in the process of continuous strategic monitoring and analysis of existing threats; forecasting the level of threats to national security and the risks they cause in the activities of the security and defense sector of Ukraine, their dynamics and the identification of new threats; planning to counter threats to national security and the risks caused by them in the activities of the security and defense sector of Ukraine.

Key words: risks, threats, analytical component, institutional support, national security.