1. National Security of Ukraine: Challenges and Threats 1

2.  growing instability  conflict and military potential danger.  the growth of tense background of global economic crisis.  intensify of the struggle for leadership in the world,  increase of armaments quantity,  decrease of legal structures role and mechanisms which ensure international security. 2

3.  ethnic conflicts  human rights violations  political instability  proliferation of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons  terrorism, sabotage  organized crime 3 New risks and instability factors:

4.  The growing of new centers of power in the world.  changing the center of economic impact from West to East  Guarantees received by Ukraine in connection with the abandonment of nuclear weapons in 1994, are institutionally designed and not actually performed  Slowing the process of Ukraine's accession to Euro- Atlantic system of collective security  The main problem of eastern European policy is the inability to effectively coordinate in real time, security requirements and problems associated with the development of democratic processes in neighboring countries.  Real threat of military conflicts” in the region escalation near Ukraine's borders because of the so-called "frozen 4

5.  inability of Ukrainian officials to put national interests above their personal  Russian leaders try to restore the dominance of their country in former Soviet Union.  internal instability makes Ukraine vulnerable on the international scene and hurts national security 5

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7. in foreign policy:  encroachment on state sovereignty of Ukraine and its territorial integrity, claimed by other states;  military-political instability, regional and local conflicts in different regions of the world, especially near the borders of Ukraine. 7

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9.  constitutional and law violation by state and local officials, rights and freedoms of citizens;  the potential interethnic and interfaith relations conflict;  the threat of separatism in some regions of Ukraine;  structural and functional imbalance in the political system of society. 9

10. dependence of the national economy from the external market; large dependence of the state debt, the critical volumes of state internal and external debts; dangerous growth of foreign capital in strategic sectors for the independence of Ukraine economic; ineffectiveness of anti-monopoly policy and the mechanisms of state regulation of natural monopolies, which makes creating a competitive environment in the economy; "Shadow" of the national economy; prevalence of the management structures of personal, corporate, regional interests over national. 10

11.  corruption, bribery in government, union of business and policy, organized criminal activity;  illegal migration;  dangerous reduction of military and special equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;  incompleteness of contractual and legal registration and insufficient improvement of the state border of Ukraine;  unsatisfactory level of social protection of servicemen and their families. 11

12.  manifestations of speech freedom and access to information;  computer crime and computer terrorism;  disclose of confidential information of the state;  attempts to manipulate public consciousness, using incomplete or biased information;  informational wars. 12

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14. 1. What are the reasons that hinder Ukraine to ensure national security? 2. What is the best way to ensure national security of Ukraine? 14

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