National security and state security: multivariate definition and relationship

Abstract

In the most general sense, national security is the content of ensuring national interests, changing of national priorities entails adjusting the content of national interests, which, in turn, affects the content of national security. The national security system is aimed at preventing possible threats to national interests, and in case of their occurrence – at neutralizing them and minimizing their impact. The presence of threats to national interests determines the problems of strengthening and ensuring national and state security.
Тhe article proves that «national security» is the most important component of the law and a guarantee of the national sovereignty of the state and a guarantee of the protection of national interests. As a concept, national security has a certain universality, which expresses the idea of the unity of security states, despite its multi-objective nature. Such a contradiction can be eliminated by legally enshrining security threats, their scope, legislative determination of the ways to respond to threats, competence of the authorities to eliminate them.
The concepts of «national security», «state security» and « security of the state» are semantically similar, but not identical concepts. The category «national security» is broader than the category «state security» and are related as a whole and a component.
The article demonstrates the versatility of the definition of «national security», «state security», «security of the state» and their correlation; the genesis of the introduction and changes of these categories in the legislation of Ukraine was investigated.
The authors agree with the thesis that when forming a modern concept of security, a fundamental choice should be made between concepts focused only on the protection of the interests of individuals, the nation, or individual states, and concepts of purposeful influence in the interests of the nation, individuals, and the state for the most complete satisfaction of their needs as a whole body.