PRAGMATISM AND VALUES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN THE CONTEXT OF ENSURING NATIONAL SECURITY OF UKRAINE

Abstract

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has not only become the greatest shock for our country since the Second World War, but has also once again exacerbated the need for good public administration capable of ensuring national security, taking into account pragmatic national interests and protecting the values of Ukrainian society. The purpose of the article is to reveal the essential understanding of public administration in the context of ensuring national security, taking into account the pragmatic approach and values of Ukrainian society. The author examines the doctrinal and regulatory aspects of public administration and national security and concludes that public administration plays a key role in achieving national interests and is characterised as the ability of the State to implement its policy with full information, including state secrets, by influencing citizens with the possibility of changing their behaviour and consciousness, taking into account historical, cultural, security and other aspects. Particular attention is paid to the definition of a pragmatic approach to public decision-making and the author analyses specific situations that have influenced the future fate of Ukraine. In addition, the author states that the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army was a powerful catalyst that clearly demonstrated that Ukrainians have a system of ‘Western’ values, including freedom-loving, self-esteem and solidarity of the Ukrainian people in the struggle to preserve these values. The study emphasises that the state policy should be formed and implemented on the basis of pragmatic ensuring of national interests, while trying to comply with mutually beneficial partnership agreements with other states and meet the values formed in society.