STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AS A FORM OF INNERSTATE COOPERATION

Abstract

Urgency of the research topic. Urgency of studying strategic partnership is stipulated by the necessity to increase efficiency of international cooperation to solve priority economic and political purposes and anti action to the threats of economic security of the countries-members. Target setting. The efficient model of interstate cooperation is strategic partnership that is based on mutual foreign economic and foreign policy support. Actual scientific researches and issues analysis. Researches of O. Bilorus, D. Lukianenko, D. Kudyrko, N. Kukharska, V. Manzhola, A. Mazaraki, T. Melnik, B. Parakhonsky, V, Yukhymenko, G, Yavorska are devoted to the conceptual principles of strategic partnership as an efficient instrument of interstate interaction. Uninvestigated parts of general matters defining. At the present moment, there is no unanimity among the scientists and politicians concerning scientific definition of the term ``strategic partnership''. Consequently, some international economic relations defined as strategic partnership in reality are not as those. And wide spread relations doesn't allow to concentrate efforts and resources on actually perspective strategically significant for the economy of Ukraine directions of international cooperation. Task setting. The article is devoted to defining contextual characteristics of strategic partnership and its place in the system of international economic relations; to compliance evaluation of declared relations of strategic partnership of Ukraine and principles of strategic partnership; analysis of legislative and normative acts of Ukraine that serve the grounds of international cooperation in form of strategic partnership. Statement of the main material. Within the article, contextual characteristics strategic partnership were defined. Place of strategic partnership in the system of international economic relations was defined. Legislative and normative acts of Ukraine that serve the grounds for interstate cooperation in form of strategic cooperation were analyzed. Circle of strategic partners of Ukraine within national interests implementing connected with guaranteeing national security, defense and energy security of Ukraine was defined. Conclusions. The result of the performed research is: definition of the principles and contextual characteristics of strategic partnership; grounding the defining priorities of strategic partnership of Ukraine.